Remembering his mother’s last illness, when she had coughed and coughed until his father left before dawn to get the dibia while the junior wife, Chioke, rubbed her back, frightened him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt as if Phil and Gay were showing off their “good deed” and nobody realized I was overwhelmed and frightened. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At first the girl was frightened when the strange animal came out of the hole, but when he spoke to her and reassured her, she was no longer afraid. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

By suppertime I was feeling so frightened and miserable that I could hardly eat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Pan, dear, I can’t go on! I’m so frightened—and so tired—all this way, and I’m scared to death! I wish it was someone else instead of me, I do honestly!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit as still as you can. It’ll rock a bit, but if you get frightened and panic, it’ll be ten times worse. Just sit still.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And really, how really frightening could it be if Hand Clap wanted to go back? Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Ifemelu said, and yet she could feel no real sympathy, which frightened her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once you were inside the curtain wall, you found yourself in a kind of wide alleyway, probably full of frightened sheep, with another complete castle in front of you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some of the annoyed, frightened, or unaffected faces now wore thin smiles. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most: Why had she given up hope? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could neither frighten nor humiliate Fielding, because his temperament would reject all of it without trouble, he would not bring out the worst in Hooper, as Kingshaw himself did. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now and then Branch chased a small rodent or nosed about an opening in the earth, frightening whatever small animal made its home there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide which offer is the better one, because I don’t know which is the more frightening unknown: the captain’s adventures, or life ashore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There were a demon and a demoness and two frightened demon children clinging to it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they heard Moody’s distinctive clunking footsteps coming down the corridor, and he entered the room, looking as strange and frightening as ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Few were frightened of me personally, or showed the xenophobic revulsion. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as quickly, I picture Mrs. Blair in her bed, watching the world with those frightened eyes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Penelope wished she had thought to bring some scraps of meat with her to lure the poor frightened things. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If he had been previously startled, he was now stunned, even frightened in his demeanor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was frightened of the boy and wanted Gramps to do something, but Gramps looked cool and calm. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He stares at Henry long and hard, and I am frightened. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Although frightened someone might still be hunting me, I fell fast asleep in deep peace, thanking God again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I must admit his attention frightened me at first. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I knew I should turn it off, but I kept hoping that the good guys would prevail so I wouldn’t have to go to bed with the frightening images etched in my mind. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Amil and I sat cross-legged on his bed facing each other, too frightened to go to sleep. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How attached he was already — it was frightening how attached — just to her sound and presence, to her simple animal company. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed excited and pleased, and only frightened enough to make him cautious. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Symbols: When my older sister, then in high school, asked my mother if she could do light housework in the afternoons for a rich lady we knew, my mother was frightened by the idea. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure that underneath all that odd behavior was someone who was frightened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’d been an occasion once on Jordan College roof when just to frighten him, she’d defied her vertigo and walked along the edge of the stone gutter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was frightened pretty much the whole time—how is that enjoyable? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He heard the screams of frightened horses and the crash of metal on metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was certain that even timid, frightened slaves would run away if someone they could trust offered to guide them to the North. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We might try to hurt or frighten this tree to begin with,’ said Sam fiercely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank, as if in thick water, but this didn’t frighten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The boys crouched like frightened animals, saying nothing, eyes spinning, seeming to look everywhere and nowhere. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She gave a wan smile that didn’t touch her frightened eyes at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What was it like inside the school? Were you frightened? How were you treated? Did anybody hit you? Did they call you names? What classes are you taking?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at him frightened and piteous and she reached for his hand and drew it across the welt on her face and she whimpered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was rather frightening, this vast sculpture of a witch and a wizard sitting on ornately carved thrones, looking down at the Ministry workers toppling out of fireplaces below them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I added my own exaggerated details of how many people had to restrain her, without any mention of how frightened I’d been, and how ashamed I’d felt when she lost control in front of everybody. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once a jutka almost ran us over...the driver just managed to pull up the horse and while we stood palpitating he leaned from his seat, irate and frightened, to shout at us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spare me, ” he cried, “I’m sorry—” But Jose only sneered, To see such a frightened copper, So full of pathetic fear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Amaka to her room, placing one frightened foot after the next. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Myrna’s habit of writing to editors rather than friends was always reflected in her salutation: Sirs: What is this strange, frightening letter that you have written me, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word “maniac” echoed in a frightening way in her mind. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Thenn was frightened of the horses, however, and preferred to limp along despite his wounds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was startled and a little frightened, and cried out: “What is that?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The big male who had sniffed at her cook-fire that first afternoon approached and bared his frightening teeth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning away from the field of Cecilia’s body warmth, and averting his eyes from Briony’s, he found himself pitching the end of his question into the frightened gaze of Pierrot diagonally to his left. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In Chicago the editors of The Inland Architect tried to be reassuring: “Existing conditions are only an accident. Capital is only hidden. Enterprise is only frightened, not beaten.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was frightened when she found it warm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice in the dark had proved not to be supernatural, but the reality was frightening enough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had frightened him at first, but now he was more comfortable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re sorry for frightening you, Tris,” another voice says, “but anonymity is integral to our operation. We mean you no harm.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The idea of going to their land was strange and wonderful—and frightening, if her vision was true. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I resolved that I would bite out my own tongue before I gave him the satisfaction of appearing frightened, or even concerned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Realizing that I was alone on the beach I became frightened. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” I said, “we’ll continue. Parks, please return this mirror. We want to talk about the Italian Renaissance. James, you haven’t said one word since you told me that I look frightening. Speak now.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entitled, angry, mean—people were frightened of me. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Galleries are frightening places, places of evaluation, of judgment. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had tried, once, to tease and frighten her with a snake, only to discover that she loved garden snakes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The Dream of acting white, of talking white, of being white, murdered Prince Jones as sure as it murders black people in Chicago with frightening regularity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine Izzi, small and frightened yet determined to befriend me though she knew well what the cost could be. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All she had to do was fall asleep, and she could escape the frightening sounds of the night. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She did not have to pretend to be frightened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She felt her soul form itself into a small, frightened ball. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I’m frightened, I want to hide the truth: I have no intention of being stuffed into 999 Queen Street, now or ever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His own world had vanished, and he was alone in the moonlit parkland in Cittàgazze, panting and trembling and horribly frightened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were frightening her; given the state she was in, they were persecuting her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was eighteen, pitifully small in the big bed, and she was frightened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frightening news swept through the camp, moving like a sudden gust of wind. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Palm trees stand alongside of it looking down at you in shock, like too-tall, frightened women with upright hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got one good look at his frightened face before Redbeard struck her in the side of the head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But I was frightened in two different ways. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned quickly and gave a little frightened start as she beheld an enormous Lion. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They will think they can use soldiers to frighten us, and we’ll always have to obey them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Wang Lung had not thought of the girl except as a poor small child who was frightened and he cared as he might care for his poor fool and no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"These handmade candles are both practical and romantic," she said, peddling her wares from apartment door to apartment door to frightened tenants at seven in the morning. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are Violas, too, frightened and looking to me for help, and Spackles with my knife sticking outta their chests and there’re all talking at once, all talking to me in a roar of voices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Would she have been grateful, that girl, or more frightened than before? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fleur came running out of the kitchen, looking frightened; Bill jumped to his feet, his wand pointing at the door; Harry, Ron, and Hermione did the same. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The quick brutality of police and prisoners frightened him and drove him away from the gatherings of tramps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I felt frightened and overwhelmed, which was often, I would clench my fists so hard that my knuckles would hurt. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beasts weren’t going to be frightened of a small female person with a flashlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was vaguely frightened the first time he saw him because he had always imagined that only evil spirits had grass-colored eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had never been assigned definite tasks before and I went to bed a little frightened. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frightened rat stuck out what he fervently hoped was his left paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If she gave way to the panic that lay on her heart it might frighten him more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he isn’t allowed to or if he doesn’t want to frighten me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her brown eyes were wide and frightened, her skin pale. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A few of the Yearlings stare at the execution platform with a frightened sort of fascination. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you know you frightened your mamma and daddy almost to death? Why did you run away?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now and then the womenfolk called on him to throw fear into someone, but I knew that he was feeble and was not frightened of him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It touched parts of you that were small and frightened and wanting your mommy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened and said tightly, “Your home hasn’t blown up recently, so I take it you haven’t told your father.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had caught him off guard and frightened him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was still all new and gigantic and grand and frightening. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was happy to see him, but she was frightened, too. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I arrived I was frightened to see that they were white. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked almost as frightened as she felt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s frightening, but also somehow comforting to know that there’s one thing the Thunderhead can’t fix. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I was playing in the yard when I heard a frightening noise coming from the fields, like the sound of twenty leopards roaring. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ames was frightened at the noise and hurt he was creating. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the memory of the proud, frightened Joan of a moment ago kept her inside. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going to the Gem meant walking past staggering loudmouth drunks and being around seedy-looking people who frightened us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she returned, she appeared frightened and nervous. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On and on he went, talking loud and frightening me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I woke up, frightened, and shivering from the cold. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I must have frightened him, but I couldn’t see his face; my vision had turned inward where the battle raged. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was frightened, but she would not leave her mother. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have looked frightened because she chuckled, smoothed down the front of her dress, and whispered, “Are you lost?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as time went on, his memories of Mazoe became less distinct, and this frightened him most of all. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought that, and at other times I was seized with trembling and was frightened, not knowing where to turn. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira remembered the power of the singing voice that she had heard, and marveled that it had come from this tiny, frightened waif of a thing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gentle pity in his look frightened me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If she paused, the current rocked the boat in a frightening way. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I felt was no ordinary hate or anger; it was something much deeper, much darker, frightening, something even I couldn’t understand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, frightening though the accusations were, the repetition was tiresome. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

To appear weak and frightened, to reassure the other tributes that he is no competition at all, and then come out fighting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But when she saw Hagar’s gnarled and frightened face, the smile froze. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a thin hissing shriek, and seemed to be both frightened and angry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The roar frightened the horses to such an extent that some galloped off in panic, dragging the ploughs in different directions, and others collapsed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's frightening to see a real live animal, but I run toward it, away from Fake Uncle. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Then why are you frightened?” he asked, confused. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Daphne flew on, even more frightened than before. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We keep them from her, because if they are frightening to us—as they are—how much more frightening will they be to her? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though she is only a few inches smaller than me, she seems tiny somehow, her stick-thin body swimming in her dress, her face pinched and frightened, like that of a starved mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And why...why was I so frightened now—frightened sick at the thought that sooner or later, I would have to run again? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And two people were huddled in the corner of the room, looking as frightened as anyone Mark had ever seen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He glowed, and the mesa hardly breathed—the day was suspended, as still as a frightened rabbit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon’s owl cry the night before had frightened every small creature that heard it, but it was nothing to the passionate wail that Lyra uttered now. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could see in her face that she was frightened. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He wants to be turned, for all that I like Kay, you know, and I think people don’t understand him. He has to be proud because he is frightened.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the kid’s frightened face; the eyes wide, as the neon lights from Joe Walker’s restaurant turned it alternately green and red. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her studio was a mess, frightening in its chaos, but after the first few steps I forgot about all that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was what frightened him the most, that he had no idea what she was thinking. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s wrong,” he said, but he knew that I meant it, and his tone was frightened and bewildered. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was too big and too frightening to ponder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She was moving slowly, possibly frightened of slipping on the snowy ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I left town to look for my family,” the old man said in a frightened voice, as he managed to catch his breath. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His heart bumped in his breast with frightening loudness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry yourself about them,” he says, “it takes a great deal more than a deck of cards to frighten this lot. But if you would rather not, I understand.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He liked the bracelet; but all the same, he was frightened; he hid his face against Linda’s body. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman said that he had been born with his eyes open, looking at people with the judgment of an adult, and that she was frightened by his way of staring at things without blinking. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was frightened; it is not a pleasant sensation to know that someone is about to hit you and you are unable to defend yourself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had frightened the baboon to the little island? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures of the fen knew who—and they were frightened. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone dropped a clipping, and before it was picked up, Ralph was able to glimpse a picture of himself looking small and frightened in the goldfish bowl. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The closer he came, the more frightened I got. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve never seen Thalia run into battle, you have never been truly frightened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste-paper basket. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What does the 'A’ stand for?” stammered the nervous bug, too frightened to move. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"When they get frightened or dizzy, sometimes they hold on to the mule too tight. They don't like that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I promise you, there is nothing to be frightened of there. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

But perhaps they were already so much frightened that they would not fight at all? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had won melees before,- the fire sword frightened the mounts of the other riders, and nothing frightened Thoros. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. Taylor and her companions left the Street, she sang quietly to herself, “My Country Tis of Thee,” like a frightened child easing past a graveyard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I became frightened again die minute he said it I didn’t want to be left alone, and I was afraid something might happen to him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not gone far before he had shrunk again to a very small and frightened hobbit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was glad that he was militant, but I was frightened when I pondered upon what he could do with his militancy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On our way here Mom had been so still and quiet that I was frightened too. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t that much. You were probably too frightened to cut as deeply as you could have.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ray and Leda are frightened, clinging to Ma. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The new group of visitors froze as they saw us charging toward them, followed by a mob of frightened tourists, followed by . The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

No, I will not be a slave, even to myself— “Do I frighten thee?” he asked gently. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was confident he could frighten North Vietnam into backing down. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Doon saw a curl of brown hair and two wide frightened eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was frightening—it was as if Ebola could change its character fast—and could look like the flu. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, I’m more frightened than furious, because I’ve seen the monsters out there—and I suspect I’m going to see worse ones before this whole thing is over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately there was not yet much heat or quickness in my heart, and I said to myself that he was an ignorant man, a foreigner, ill-used and frightened. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now her daughter’s pet was frightened, and even if he had eaten all of the berries she worked so hard to pick, Mama loved the crow and never meant to scare him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They sniffed, clawed, grunted, and yelped in frightening demon voices. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And I squeaked like a frightened baby mouse and hurried for the stairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The child is bewitched,” the frightened nanny explained. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder’s disappearance was more than a little frightening. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was washing wool on the bank of the River Kan. Suddenly a noise like the fluttering of the wings of a frightened bird was heard ... and a kind of swell came up the river. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confused and increasingly frightened, Shin found it difficult to speak. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The horse himself is frightened by the rats and we have to be careful when he rears up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It frightened me, as always, when some of the white faces glared at us as we drove past. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I lock the door behind me, tired, aching, worried, and frightened, Max and Siunek are milling around the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He gave Omakayas two smooth sticks to clack together to frighten the flocks, and Angeline his tattered old shirt to flap in the air. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He would have to be terribly careful not to say or do anything to frighten him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t me I was frightened for—it was my sister. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"And I was frightened and started to call out for Ralph and then I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Travers extended two fingers and shook Ron’s hand as though frightened of dirtying himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All of this is more frightening, even, than the splotch of blood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and beckoned so sweetly to Jane and Michael that they were ashamed of having been frightened of her, and felt that she must be very nice after all. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He grabbed instinctively for Gabriel; and the newchild, strapped tightly in his seat, was uninjured, only frightened when the bike fell to its side. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy was obviously concerned, even frightened for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t looked at myself in the mirror at the party for a long time because my face was different and frightened me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying to share such a personal truth, much more frightening than the dead themselves. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Kaz couldn’t tell if the kid was frightened or furious, and he didn’t much care. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You cannot frighten me,” said the man in black, but there was fear all through his voice. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She went through the sitting rooms, slipping along the walls, frightened and cold. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The infinite and the void had powers that frightened the Greeks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Oh lion,” he said, "I know that you are a mighty beast. I know that all the animals in the bush are frightened of you.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra was twisting and struggling, and Pantalaimon was chirruping like a frightened bird. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the boy was too frightened to listen to words of wisdom. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not Sam’s hemlock-tree home, but it did not frighten her either. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“They’re frightened and tired as it is, you know. What we need is to find a safe place soon, and I’d rather succeed in doing what we can than fail to do what we can’t.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get frightened so I ask Gimpy at the bakery to write for me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She glances at me and again I see something a little wild, a little frightening in her dark eyes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

For it was an odd and a frightening and a strange song this woman sang. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to give them anything,” I tell the man, but he’s too frightened to fight them anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s gone off his rocker!” shouted one of the fathers, aghast, and the other parents joined in the chorus of frightened shouting. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was blue-green, seemed to come from down in the water, and at first it startled and frightened him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked frightened—her mouth was open, and so was Althea’s. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That frightened me, because for the first time I began to think about what God means. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The radio told us we were in the eye of Donna, the still and frightening calm in the middle of the revolving storm. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a wiry little fellow with thick, unclean lenses in his glasses which magnified his frightened stare. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She almost called out, Hey, Dad! but then the man had turned, and she saw his matted hair, and there was something about him that frightened her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like it’s time for me to go on Barry Rex Live and break the news about your deaths to a frightened nation looking for guidance. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Your wolf is liable to frighten the horses, and my dog seems to frighten you. Let us leave them both behind and set off on our own, what do you say?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Through the open door I could see the man who had given us the papers to sign, but his very dark suit and very white shirt frightened me away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its eyes rolled, frightened whites showing bright against its matted fur. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had hardly passed us when other trees nearby started to quiver with a frightening vigor, as if someone were shaking them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

What frightened me most was the Newsboy Ghost, who came out from between the cars parked in the evening light. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked pale, as if he’d seen something that frightened him, and none of us could imagine anything that could scare Mr. Turner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was frightened by the BBC famines and television wars that she encountered while she channel surfed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Members of the family of the dead man were frightened,” an article from 1926 said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Once we got higher, I couldn’t look out the window, I was just too frightened. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a pair we were—fatherless, frightened, but fiercely committed, too, to keeping our families alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There had been no difficulties about the journey, and the girl was so evidently experienced that he was less frightened than he would normally have been. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At that very same moment, the thieves disappeared, and the only sound Mr. van D. could hear was the frightened pounding of his fatalistic wife’s heart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

None of the boys had ever ridden an elevator more than a few floors in a hotel, and the rapid ascent both thrilled and frightened them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But he was very sick and frightened and sad. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And here he came along the guarded walk, a tall man dressed in light gray, leading his frightened child by the hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her other mother’s hand scuttled off Coraline’s shoulder like a frightened spider. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Nearby, she heard an oddly familiar, oddly frightening sound. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed about my left eye and felt very frightened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Good day, little miss. I hope Kashtanka did not frighten you?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I said let’s play ball,” Bull growled in a lower, more frightening octave. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I moved in to organize them they would resent it, perhaps become frightened, perhaps swarm out into my ventricles like bees. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Will could lift his hand and open it, one of those high, harsh cries sounded very close by, jarring their ears and frightening them horribly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Nothing! Just a dumb model of this town and a broken promise. Just Madame, who is dead. Just my great-uncle, who is frightened of an ant.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We're late. Why didn't you summon us sooner?'' The girl trails us, too frightened to get closer. “There were so many people—I couldn't find you.'' An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But with the coming of morning, she was always a little frightened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That had set out with the semblance of structure and order, then bolted like a frightened horse into anarchy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus drew several deep breaths, his mind coming out of its frightened torpor. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It makes me want to hurt him just to convince myself he can be frightened. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I frightened you away, didn’t I? I could kill my tongue.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still on the back of her armchair, and Asta, who out of politeness would normally have flown across to say good day, felt repelled and frightened and stayed on Malcolm’s shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t look worried, though. He didn’t look as if anything would worry him or frighten him ever.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, “I am not frightened. It suits me quite well to live here.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I still think you're just trying to frighten me," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They were crouching on the slope, too frightened to move. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were dark eyes, deep and sad and frightened. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She has the hard look that frightens me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Two? If you mean to frighten me, why not say four?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm frightened of that stuff," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“My daughter’s frightened. May I get her, brother?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The holy darkness of church never frightened me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Well, I think he’s stable now, but I bet he’s mighty frightened. See if you can find a big hug for him.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps not so frightening as it had seemed at first. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The girl was frightened by the sight of the man, but she tried not to show her fear. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The boogeyperson scrambles to her feet and looks up at me with frightened eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t frighten the children so, Charles,” Ma said. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, in a library and in his civvies, he wasn’t so frightening, was some-how ... denatured. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard to describe how loud and frightening and terrible such attacks are. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood spattered, frightened children wept, and the man with the gun offered the teacher and bus driver some meat from a freshly slaughtered goat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Matthias seized the frightened Guerrilla Shrew by his paw, pulling him along at a swift run. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jones and Allen went together and immediately discovered a house in tiny Emsley’s Alley where the mother was already dead, the father was dying, and two small children huddled together, frightened and hungry. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“It was frightening the children, precious. Didn’t you hear them howling?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

At first the people in the town were frightened; they knew Shadrack was crazy but that did not mean that he didn’t have any sense or, even more important, that he had no power. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The notion was frightening, for now the world seemed to flow before my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Added to that, I was being awakened by frightening dreams that involved shouts in the dark, men with bloody hands, and women screaming. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Aunty let us in the back door with a slightly frightened smile. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chimpanzees embrace and kiss when they greet and hold hands or grab on to each other when they are frightened, and one calms another by gently patting his back. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing I may very likely end up in one is more frightening than any news story could ever be. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He saw nothing but blackness, heard nothing but the light staccato of his own frightened feet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His method consisted of identifying whatever made her frightened. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a frightened gawky girl and a young and doomed bridegroom, there were a handsome young man and a happy and beautiful bride. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Jumper snorting keenly and Mama calling in a frightened voice. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate’s would rip the nerves to a sinful ecstasy and leave a man shaken and weak and frightened at himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was frightened and worried about being treated like a criminal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Nations have themselves become too frightening to think about, but we might learn some things by watching these people. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel could not help noticing, with reluctant admiration, that although Bigwig had lost his temper, he was apparently in no hurry on his own account and seemed less frightened than any of them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if, when I sang, Dad forgot for a moment that the world was a frightening place, that it would corrupt me, that I should be kept safe, sheltered, at home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Timothy's frightened roar, “Sharks,” and he was thrashing about near me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The crowding ghosts had, to be sure, finally frightened Ulysses, but Theseus, Hercules, Orpheus, Pollux, had apparently encountered no great difficulty on the way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed it was best not to confuse or upset patients with frightening terms they might not understand, like cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know whether there’s anything to be frightened of. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there unmoving, and she seemed to perch on the bed, a bright-eyed bird with her glossy head and ripe breasts, and I was in a wood afraid to frighten the bird away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to see her, not moving and even holding his breath so as not to frighten her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After weeks in Tool’s company, Nailer had forgotten how frightening a half-man could be, but now, as these great beasts moved through the crowd, his fear returned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald and Angel sat in the backseat, frightened of him and frightened of what was going to happen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the bow tied around the beast’s neck, over its frightening claws, its dangerous tail. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mahmood’s laughter was about as convincing as Tanya’s smile, and suddenly I wondered if maybe, on some level, their son frightened them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't frightened, but he wasn't looking exactly comfortable either. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It frightens me the way he yells and cries and sings and I wish I could be at home with my three brothers, no, my two brothers, and my mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had been frightened that night, but not like this. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The images on TV frightened me and caused me to ask myself, Could I do what these black students are doing.? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One might have expected such an intrepid child to be ecstatic, but the speed and altitude frightened him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

But what Rabadash hadn't realized is that it is very easy to frighten people who know you can have them boiled alive the moment you give the word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t last of course, and twenty-four hours later they are frightened again and restoring themselves with any helplessness within reach. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she found Philadelphia a strange and frightening place. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides that objection, they said, a few of the lines were too frightening. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So why is a swimming pool less frightening than a gun? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Did she know that she looked like a frightened animal when the king appeared? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the idea of Dumbledore’s corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore’s intentions. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I thought I would be frightened to talk to these law enforcement authorities and looked for a place to concentrate my attention; however, the more I spoke, the easier it was. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In my diary I wrote: I am happy today, but I am also frightened. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway was so sad and frightening, and long. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It is frightening your theologians to death, but they are the ones who frighten me. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little frightened of what lurked in the shadows around her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The startled cry that came from somewhere within the overgrown brush frightened Tree-ear half off his feet. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were taken one by one to a laboratory, and of course this made them all very frightened; how cruel it would be, Lyra thought, if she perished without striking a blow at them! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear her voice rise in pitch; its intensity frightened her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It amazed me that now my body was able to create a child, and it frightened me to think of the pain that lay in my future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were grand and beautiful and frightening — the horses’ heads shining white, their eyes burning like a blacksmith’s forge. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not understand, and we simply cried and grew frightened. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he awoke, it was as though he were a feverish, frightened ten-year-old; his hair was wet, his shirt cold-damp and clinging. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stretches his back, rubs his hands togevver against the cold, looks out at the heavy curtain of darkness, and tells us a truly frightening tale. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought if I spoke out loud, he might become frightened and hurt me again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after sixteen of the most frightening days of our lives, we were all together again. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Ekon didn’t understand her frightened expression as she stared back at them, but then he saw her bulging pocket, the tremor in her hands. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

What made the incident particularly frightening was Holmes’s manner as he made the offer—“about the same manner one would expect from a friend who was asking you the most trivial question,” Bowman said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She woke up every day worrying about frightening things that could happen to her other relatives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

White racists-—whether or not they belonged to the Ku Klux Klan—-had through their actions and their rhetoric developed a strong incentive scheme that was terribly clear and terribly frightening. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m already sure,” he says, “and I just don’t want to frighten you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Esme kept a few feet between us, and I wondered if she was still being careful not to frighten me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stood there, dazed and frightened, holding the empty tray in his hand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was in this manner that I first stumbled upon the relations between whites and blacks, and what I learned frightened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

An agent reported that Morrison, after being released from jail, seemed “frightened out of his wits.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Along I-20, a superhighway that divides Atlanta into north and south, cars whizzed past at frightening speeds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We go with paint bucket at night and ex out what they add in, but it make me frightened now when I see the message. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trouble? What you mean?” he asked in a frightened whisper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one on the street, and John was frightened. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The child pretended to be frightened, but she knew her uncle was a doctor and that the bag contained the tools of his profession. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. There was no danger. I was an accomplished hunter. One of the best. I was never frightened in the forest.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I thought about going home again, or staying where I was, or hiding in the garden every night and Father finding me, and that made me feel even more frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After so many days of the darkness of her cell, the glory of that view was powerful—and very, very frightening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I was frightened during the afternoon when a white insurance man visited my house. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the figure reached them, the children saw with relief that it was not anybody frightening at all, but somebody they knew: Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She watched them with wide eyes, frightened they’d awaken, but then they all settled back into sleep. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew was bowing and rubbing his hands and looking, to tell the truth, extremely frightened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Holding up his cloak between the helmsman and the sun, he asked, “Do you find this frightening? Then why fear the other?” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The sudden memory shows him that his hatred is really directed at a depraved governess who had terrified him with frightening stories and left a flaw in his personality. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although I had been to the Hob on several occasions with my father, I was too frightened to venture into that rough, gritty place alone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Surely Black, as Voldemort’s right-hand man, would be just as frightened of him? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was frightened for a moment, because I didn’t want him to get involved in an argument with Danny about Freud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Neighbors told Robinson what they saw but were too frightened to make an official report of the crime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“He must be very desperate, or very frightened, or very stupid, or very brave.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened me and made me think a lot about how, if I got into trouble with white people, the folks I counted on most in my life for protection couldn’t help me at all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was frightening, the extent to which a full belly made for a good mood. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He roared once or twice to see if he could frighten Hare into giving away his hiding place, but he did not succeed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And lately, we hear more and more frightening stories of people from America getting sick or robbed while visiting. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Polly had never been so close to a woman who was about to have a baby, and she was more than a little frightened. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, where are you going?” she cried, for his face frightened her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Kira prepared for bed, she thought about the frightened, lonely tyke below. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was an older girl who frightened us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She had washed and stripped a hundred corpses, dead things did not frighten her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t either, though they frightened and bewildered me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I look over at him, his blue eyes darkened by the lack of lights, he looks stoic and frightened. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They are not designed to kill, but to frighten animals and people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It frightened her and gave her a big rush. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shoo!” he said loud enough to frighten little mice but not loud enough to terrify them. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I was frightened,” he said, his teeth caught on a mouthful of nightgown. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Frog had done his part in the slaughter that followed, riding down the frightened eunuchs with the other Windblown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You think you can frighten ironbom with words'? Begone. Run back to your master before I open your belly, pull your entrails out, and make you eat them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before him was an enormous white horse, rearing over him with a frightening scream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam watched, ready to help out if 426 became frightened again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The children were too young to understand the meaning of the stories and yet they were frightened, standing motionless, listening to her, and shivering even if the sun was hot. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought coming home would help me feel better, but now all I could see was my mother’s bare wrists, Fozia’s frightened face, and a baby sister who would never know me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I was excited, I suppose, and frightened about you. There was a press of people waving weapons, and knights trying to stop me. I had to cut my way.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what calculus is, young lady?” he asked, in the manner of a person who is hiding something frightening in one of his hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red and bloated, without luster, and her pupils were dilated, which gave her a frightened, helpless look. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Father, it wasn’t the fist that frightened me; it was the spring, because the spring determined the force of the blow. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightened and weeping, the boy had attended his mother’s burial; frightened and gloomy he had listened to Siddhartha greeting him as his son and making him welcome in Vasudeva’s hut. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instrument is alive in my hands; it trembles like a child who is too frightened to name her terror as she proceeds deeper into forest darkness, carrying a lantern of warm oil. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The absence of crocodiles made her swimming lessons slightly less frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I no longer looked like the monster who’d frightened her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Hans saw how frightened the boy was, he lost control. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe that the Ganges would make Hari better, but when I looked at Hari, my hope slipped away like a frightened mouse into a dark hole. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese government propaganda frightened those poor people so much that they didn’t allow themselves to be captured. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bustling street becomes more and more frightening the longer I stare. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It can take the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten us most.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For a while, I even manage a few laughs thinking of it—seeing us running barefoot through the dew and the frightening nettles of people’s front lawns. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she lets go of Charlie, he goes to the corner and stands against the wall frightened and shivering. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny stood before Cilia and Isannah, who had huddled together in a corner of the settle like frightened little animals as their mother accused Johnny of theft. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In church in a drunken stupor, he had seized the chalice and dispensed communion to his frightened attendants. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, he screamed it out loud, and the noise of his own scream frightened him more than anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was frightened, but I recognized the voice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened we’d get caught because Grandma no longer worked for her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The possibility of meeting a white adult here frightened me, more than the possibility of street violence ever had at home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to maintain his composure, but Inej could hear panic pulsing against his words, the startled wing beat of a frightened bird. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Adults were impressed with what seemed to them a precocious maturity, and they were a little frightened at it too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they saw the travellers they seemed frightened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked like a small, frightened animal, weighed down by her belongings. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If things got strange or frightening, she could always change her mind. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The alley was darker than the street, much darker and much more frightening, if that were possible. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I was frightened and inexperienced, and I knew that I had not gotten off on the right foot in my new life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was a child. I could have frightened him into silence." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her words make me more frightened than I already am. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You shied away from nothing, fell into a thorn-bush and frightened a cat as badly as it frightened you. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I want you to go now. The children are frightened.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

DELPHI: Yes, as I thought—this seems to frighten you more. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I’d only half finished putting my leg on and hadn’t tightened up the laces, but I was so frightened, I started walking to the door. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She summoned the frightened maids and bade them give the stranger the oil so that he could cleanse himself and find for him a mantle and a tunic. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the thought of leaving rather frightened me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, that was the most frightening thing of all.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The other children in the crowd were frightened, but I laughed, delighted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge can be a very powerful and, for some, frightening thing, Kyle. Especially when it’s shared with the whole world, including your neighbors.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She had to leave now, she told herself, but when the moment came, she was too frightened to move. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It is a shame that our ride down through the city in the sphere was so frightening. I wish I could do that again sometime for fun.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Mariam wondered if her face might frighten her, but then the baby squealed happily and Mariam knew that a favorable judgment had been passed on her behalf. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Immediately I felt angry and frightened at the same time— angry that my neighbor had rushed to judgment and scolded me, but also because I knew she was right. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In this sense, the written word, along with its avid promoters, the Sophists, represented a frightening challenge to the old order. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But it was frightening; or, more exactly, it was like a foretaste of death, like being a little less alive. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Werfel was too watchful and frightened himself to calm his guest down. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He got haggard and his mother got frightened. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just ran away from Hogwarts because we were frightened of upsetting things, but this is okay? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on, but Clover led the way in. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I discovered I wasn’t frightened in the old way anymore. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remembers it all, Mama,” Tidbit said, his voice sounding truly frightened now. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, of course, being unable to see that made all the sounds so frightening. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, there had just been a frightening silence. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The gallows and the graves of suicides frightened him a little. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel hurried to get him a beer, hating the fact that she was acting just like Monique, frightened and fearful of Jordan’s moods. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day the newspapers increased the tension by printing frightening, exaggerated, and mostly false stories of crimes committed by blacks on whites. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was shedding bronze feathers, which twirled away from him like a flock of frightened birds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first child she asked looked up with wide, frightened eyes and ran away without speaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The jolting trip was much worse this time, and the darkness only made it more frightening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘I’m not frightened of much,’ Hooper paused, looking into his face, trying to make up his mind if this was the truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

These places are unable to provide for the long-term needs of so many distressed adults and frightened children. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can kill. It’s easy—as easy as throwing a book on the fire, breaking down a door, or frightening a child.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“When I came here so young, sometimes I was very lonely and frightened. But the feel of the wood was calming.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still sitting in his seat—probably too scared to move, too frightened to think what Mr. Terupt might do or say to him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Most particularly though, the Florin/Guilder Fire Swamp was used to frighten children. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened me, but apparently it's my own private phobia. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped the tree tightly in his jaws and looked up at Roz with wide, frightened eyes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The child's parents told me their son was generally nervous and easily frightened but was also obedient and would never have hurt anyone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That made them no less real, no less frightening and dangerous; it just meant he had to protect her even more carefully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was shocked that the idea of entering the Maze again didn’t frighten him all that much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Other rabbits began to appear through the rain: Acorn, clearly frightened, but determined not to run; Dandelion encouraging Pipkin; Speedwell and Hawkbit making toward Kehaar—the only creature visible above the ground haze. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parents of the beautiful children were frightened of the curse, and tried, as people will do, to avoid it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Somehow the memory of the falling rocks faded with the owl’s cry, and what had been frightening and unexplainable grew distant. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the day, Inka soldiers learned to wait above and roll boulders on their foes, killing some of the animals and frightening others into running away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was an eerie and frightening feeling to be standing on clear glass high up in the sky. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thought of Ollie here with me comforts and then frightens me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a key, unlocked the door, and turned to look at the frightened group in front of him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The organism was too frightening. to handle, even for those who were comfortable and adept in space suits. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely the three men she was with frightened her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With their mossy hair and green skin tinged with orange for the coming autumn, they were no more frightening than a pumpkin vine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d ever seen my parents suffer, and the sight of it frightened me more than any magic ever could. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one, that has frightened and inspired us, so that we live in a Pearl White serial of continuing thought and wonder. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The truly frightening thing was that not one of them seemed to know what he was doing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His heart was beating like a drum, and his voice rose to a frightened squeak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People naturally let their guard down when they slept, so much so that sometimes, if the dream was frightening enough, I didn’t even need a touch to be drawn into it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Francie got a little frightened and started sweeping towards the door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was calling me, and had become frightened when I did not answer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was such a sad and frightened man. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We thought that nothing could frighten us anymore. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, we woke up, frightened by our parents’ screams. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Being attacked was frightening to begin with, and in this case the timing couldn’t have been worse. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small community was too settled and too frightened to run and hide in the woods because of something in the air and the premonitions of a couple of kids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There may be things which would frighten her to hear; and yet to conceal them from her might be worse than to tell her if once she suspected that there was any concealment. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wasn't a bit frightened of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children people, but there was always a chance that Mr Stringer, the Manager, might pop his head round the door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They were beautiful and frightening, stunningly frightening at the same time. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, for the first time, she had been frightened. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, there was a vision of Jesus harrowing Hell, the demons frightening to behold. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had been dead to her, for so long that she was almost frightened by the knowledge that he lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a frightening sensation, having him cut my hair again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck’s pudgy face was there, staring with frightened eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I read aloud from The Clue of the Broken Locket, where Nancy Drew says, “I’m all set to go! Tell me more about Henry Winch and why he’s so frightened.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She heard frightening bird shrieks and the dry sounds of something moving under the floorboards. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It spoke of things she did not understand and she was frightened. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He headed his horse over to investigate what he had seen—and frightened out a large bird. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was folding the paper when Therese came in, looking frightened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hit it, but she frightened it enough that it lumbered away and she survived the encounter undamaged. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Steam billowed up, sending several frightened naiads scrambling out of the water with half-woven wicker baskets. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I felt so frightened I thought my own heart was going to stop. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His face was very close to mine now, and when he shook his head to tell me again that he didn’t have sins I saw a frightening truth in his eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the films did reveal was the frightening power of crowds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are not there when a noise frightens me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Jack is the only human bean all giants is frightened of,’ the BFG told her. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Field trips did not surprise or frighten him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They were not frightened enough to wheel high in the air. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Help! Let me out!” cried Stuart, who was frightened and bruised inside the rolled-up shade, and who could hardly breathe. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He twisted his own face, practicing, pushing his lips up against his nose, and then flapped his arms, the way the cloth of his mommet might flap in the wind to frighten away the crows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was already unconscious when Colonel Korn and Colonel Cathcart dashed out of the office and saved his life by frightening her away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I often talked to her before I went to sleep, especially when I was frightened, or worried. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened him, not knowing what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

If it’s only a story, it becomes less frightening. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t look frightened to me,” she snapped. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

At the same time, a frightening thought came to him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was Lyra, cold and frightened by all means, but herself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I better try not to seem frightened, then,” Will said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Ruth had been frightened of her the first time she saw her—when she knocked on the kitchen door way back then, looking, as she said, for her brother Macon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to see her again as the thin, frightened child I remembered—the child I had seen only two months before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“A week ago they were being hunted with a rifle and were frightened out of their wits,” Penelope replied hotly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

By now, as her headache became blinding and her stomach pain increased, she must have been terribly frightened. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times she ran frightened into the house, having barely escaped a man who had followed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am being foolish, Lord Commander, but... this letter frightens me. See here?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There is no need to make them any more frightened than they already are by letting us know how scared he really is. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything shook, and although the people were frightened they thought it meant rain and welcomed it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The trips from school had become tense and frightening, and I just wanted to relax once I was safe inside my home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our father tells us to help out more, which means that he’s frightened as well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still Herbie spoke, and there was agitation in his voice—as if he were hurt and frightened and pleading. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, he could be frightening and careful at the same time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After they left, the frightened youngster was able to flag down a passing car on the highway. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t hurt either of us to eat a little light. You frightened me last night. I had an aunt who died of heart trouble. And that leaves a memory, you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The frightened, the weak, and the sick. And we who swore. We remain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No. But whatever he said, they would be dreadfully frightened and worried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“For the seeking of a piggy, there are many great lords in the forest, riding with frightening shouts. They would not be cruel to starving Gurgi—oh, no—they would feed him...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When she finally got close enough to see the runaway’s face, a handsome frightened face, his guards had forced him up the courthouse steps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said them both now, only there was something frightening in the way he rolled them out. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way the Sibyl thought it necessary to start was calculated to frighten any but the boldest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that you all believe me weak, frightened, feeble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone was awake now, manning the catwalks or struggling with the frightened animals below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yet I found these trips more frightening than anything. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it frightened the boy with the idea that he might not find his treasure, or that he might die there in the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew at once that he should not have acted frightened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Junie, please grab your things and come to the office with me,” she says in a soft voice that frightens me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It seems that just yesterday I was an orphan child, a small, dirty-faced pikin—hungry, frightened, and clinging for dear life to a dream of becoming a ballerina. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Easy enough as it was to adopt white American values, I still had a Japanese father to frighten my boyfriends and a Japanese face to thwart my social goals. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange feeling of serenity and confidence was sweeping over her and all of a sudden she found that she was frightened by nobody in the world. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he snared them—not too many: as many as he wanted and not as many as would frighten them all away or destroy the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried not to sound as frightened and helpless as she felt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very startling; but he was not at all frightened, now. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The stationery itself frightened her because it already looked blown to bits. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Had that mysterious creature been frightened to death? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For myself, I try to keep the line open even for things I can’t understand or explain, but it is difficult in this frightened time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

El Patron said easy targets were opportunities to frighten enemies you weren’t ready to tackle just yet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In early August my father received some frightening news. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The frightening sounds of the Grievers grew closer by the second, echoing off the stone walls of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bax pulled his hand out of mine and the fist he made so quickly actually did frighten me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a frightened voice, she shouted back, “What is it, Billy? Are you all right?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how lucky I was to have escaped with no broken bones, but I’d been truly frightened. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It frightened her more than the dress did, more than the bargain she had struck with Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear to frighten the trembling animal away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Except for his curious beardlessness, there is nothing frightening about the stranger. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered how frightened she had been, and how excited. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas wondered what—or who—could create such frightening, disgusting creatures. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Which opened the way for a fascinating and frightening scheme. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I said, ‘Why?,’ and she said, ‘Because I’m so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, far off in another field, a man shouted to his horses, and the shout died away in a cry that ran frightened over the brown water of the creek and into the darkening woods. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched her free, his heart swollen with love for her and with an anguish, not yet his own, that he did not understand and that frightened him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe, too, they just made frightening things more familiar, even a little funny in the midst of the seriousness of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt frightened and bewildered because so much had happened so fast. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The crack of the gun rings loud and frightening in the hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her cousin’s hands were cold, and Nhamo knew that she was frightened, too. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the others following behind her and felt so frightened, she wanted to run all the way home. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It took an hour to get more than a frightened squeak out of the man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Martin and Teresa would be trying to reassure the younger ones; yet they themselves would be sadly frightened. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had risen and there was a look on her face which frightened the old woman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not bear it, it made me frightened, ill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Coming in and out of the hospital was very scary and frightening for all of us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the island flows the northern channel, even more frightening because it is closer to the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He found he could hide from daylight and moonshine, and make his way swiftly and softly by dead of night with his pale cold eyes, and catch small frightened or unwary things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bleak faces of the soldiers watching them frightened her even more than being chased. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rayette was six feet tall and had a face that would frighten a baby, but she seemed good-natured and was diligent with the coffee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She frightened her grandchildren because she had no weakness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But right now, he was just a frightened man looking to feel bigger than someone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know how, but it frightens him when she says he makes her suffer, and when she cries and screams at him, he turns his face to the wall and moans softly to himself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was the night wolf, no scraps of skin could frighten her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was not clear who gave the warning, but a fresh chorus of screaming and weeping rose up as many frightened heads turned toward the window. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore panted and then spoke in a voice Harry did not recognize, for he had never heard Dumbledore frightened like this. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They never believed that I understood their mostly frightening conversations. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she finally spoke, her low, accented voice resembled the moaning of Grandmother’s favorite fortune-teller, frightening and fascinating all at once. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Byrnes, who up to then had viewed the atomic bomb largely as an abstract device useful for bargaining with the Russians, would recall that Oppenheimer’s astonishing figures left him “thoroughly frightened.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If it’s there, it will only frighten me all over again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She shivered, thrilled and frightened at the same time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was all happening too quickly for Will to be frightened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prepared to walk into a life that appeared suddenly mysterious and frightening. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a frightening and confusing period in our history. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She stared at me, eyes wide and frightened. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even though they’re not held captive in an attic or dodging bombs in a basement, the violence permeating the streets is just as frightening—and just as real. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had neither the size nor the strength to frighten him, especially now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” he said, “you must understand they are very frightened, and some of the people who are angry with them would not sail the little ships either.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Authority has frightened all the fidgeting out of us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what it is or where I got it, but I know they want to take it away from me and that frightens me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His visage would be more frightening than that, cold and black and too terrible for any man to gaze upon and live. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wondered why El Patron was so frightening, since the man was said to be old and weak. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing, however, could cover up the frightened look in her eyes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“No. But I guess I was pretty clumsy getting close to it, so he might have heard me and been frightened.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius felt as alone as he had felt on that dark day in high school when in a chemistry laboratory his experiment had exploded, burning his eyebrows off and frightening him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once she took a fancy to me and I was frightened speechless; I was afraid of her the moment I saw her and my fear lasted during my entire stay in the home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others are too frightening even to look down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his hands and cracked his knuckles, as if he were or :e more forgetting how the Witch frightened him whenever she was really there. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

One time Arya woke in the dark, frightened for no reason she could name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Inexplicably, Wash began to smile, and his smile frightened her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"So I suppose I'll let you run back to Robert to tell him how I frightened you. I wonder if he'll care." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They performed a great public service in showing the people who did become frightened that they should not be so gullible.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘But I am frightened; and I do not feel any pity for Gollum.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Who?" she said, too frightened to defy him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Obviously she had been frightened out of her wits, as well she might be. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was a little frightened, too, but very eager to show off what I had learned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked frightening, mad; a thin stream of fire issued from her wand and burned a hole in the carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He just lay perfectly still—as if he were sleeping, or frightened to death. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these years she had been secretly proud of her calm, controlled behavior when Sula was uncontrollable, her compassion for Sula’s frightened and shamed eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One was going to confront Old Qian, a stern and frightening man who stalked our alleys speaking to no one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there was something deeper than these changes, and less definable, that frightened me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Nothing I do seems to make you frightened of me. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

"The game's probably been frightened away by all the noise we make on the march." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Angel looked truly frightened and her large eyes looked like those of a deer, frozen in fear by a hunter’s gun. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not frighten the wits out of the poor thing!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed like maybe he was putting up a front, like he was really frightened but trying not to show it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I was ashamed to let the Lord see me frightened after all the things he had said about the former me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Master’s mother would tie up Olanna’s womb or cripple her or, most frightening of all, kill her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is searching for the beast that lives in him, Comrade Pillai had told them—frightened, wide-eyed children—when the ordinarily good-natured Bhima began to bay and snarl. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps very slowly began to realize that I was not so frightening after all. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, she was frightened and lonely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so frightened something would go wrong.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, two weeks after the incident with the bloody glove, something frightening happened in the Ebola rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would hate to cry in front of Lyra, because to her he was big and strong, and she would have been frightened to see him frightened, or at least he thought so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The Prophet's got it right,” said Harry, looking up at them both with a great effort: Hermione seemed frightened and Ron amazed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This empty town frightened her almost as much as the burnt holdfast where they'd found the crying girl and the one-armed woman. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our commanders wanted to maintain morale back home and did not want to frighten the civilians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would not come after her because he was frightened, full of the fear of the guilty. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elaine was interested—not because it was a man, nor because the girl was frightened, but because it was unusual to sleep out of doors in January. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed through the outskirts of Hartford, Dad was subdued and repentant; perhaps a little frightened. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet what frightened him, and kept him more than ever on his knees, was the knowledge that, once having fallen, nothing would be easier than to fall again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Javier turned, a goofy grin on his face, and Moss desired him so wholly that it frightened him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It frightened me more than La Llorona herself to do such a thing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Samuel, I am frightened out here. You did not tell me that you were bringing me out to the jungle.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to believe that they were heading for anything dangerous or frightening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most especially it was frightening when it recalled the Ruin, the end of the civilization of the ancestors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I’d made it sound more frightening, would you have chosen to simply let Miss Peregrine’s humanity expire?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The speed with which the current caught him was frightening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Victor turned around and looked into a pair of frightened black eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All were silent and frightened and one or two were close to the stupefaction of terror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re dilated, frightened, drowning in wartime memories, maybe drowning in his own dreams of his daughter, my mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I was frightened and could do nothing but cry," Jim admitted in his diary later that day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to tell him how much the sound of the siren frightens me and brings back memories of the accident. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And she pushed him away, so that he crouched bitter and cold and frightened on the muddy ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

People are often frightened of Parisians, but an American in Paris will find no harsher critic than another American. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A frightening thought entered my mind: Racial war! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All the time, in my mind, I was telling myself that I must not be frightened. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky, irritated that Kate hadn’t been frightened in the dark drain, was inclined to be skeptical. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The new girl stared at Jinny for a few frightened breaths, a few ripples in the shallow surf. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly screamed wildly, bursting into crazy, loud tears that didn’t subside until the frightened Mr. Robichaux took her maroon head and placed it carefully on his shoulder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is la migra here?” a woman asked in a frightened whisper. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’m frightened, too, because if Tom decides to show' this to the police, I could be in real trouble. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened and amazed me somewhat; and as for Arthur, he fell a-trembling, and finally was shaken with doubt as with an ague. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In her coat against the black trees, her face looks paler and more frightened than he has ever seen it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For my part, the fate of the Jews, and the world’s indifference to it, frightened me very much. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She was poking the idea for weaknesses, and so frightened of finding them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the tyke opened her eyes with a startled, frightened look. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was frightened, for as he stepped forward he was conscious that these might be the first steps toward those gallows—waiting in the dark beyond the town gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children and the slaves looked and were silent, and there was only the sound of this dreadful, frightened weeping of the young girl. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Still, the ship’s hold had been dark, and she’d been one of a group of prisoners—filthy and frightened. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had never seen him like this before, and was a little frightened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chinese are always very frightened of the drowned one, whose weeping ghost, wet hair hanging and skin bloated, waits silently by the water to pull down a substitute. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abigail herself reported that all the bedrock Federalist enclaves of New England were taken by surprise: “the whole community were like a flock of frightened pigions; nobody had their story ready.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes met Jon's and darted away, quick as frightened animals. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And he had stooges or frightened kids like David Caroni who sang out their reports in the classroom as Leon basked in the totals. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First things first: what would you say is the thing that frightens you most in the world?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the nearer we drew to downtown, the more I felt that familiar, frightening quiver like Jell-O in my stomach. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I am frightened: I dare think this way no more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The violence she witnessed frightened her, but it wasn’t wholly unexpected. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that the planes flying low above Ramallah were meant to keep us frightened. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Shasta nodded: hoping he didn't look as frightened as he felt. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I mean to. I guess I’ll go now, before I get frightened thinking about it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as the idea of talking to a ghost fascinated me, it also frightened me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She was really his momma. A nice, pretty lady. I seen them downtown before. This policeman frightened her.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did they frighten those who came upon them, but they might very well be spreading the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was feeling dizzy, but since the capital moment of my life was coming up this dizziness only added to my sense of frightened sublimity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his face was white to make her look so concerned and frightened. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“No need to be frightened, lass,” she says softly. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In sad contrast to the story of Pericles calmly explaining away an eclipse to a frightened sailor, the teaching of scientific astronomy was banned outright in Athens around 432. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

None of these creatures frightened this brave hunter, who would come home and tell people of what he had seen. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He lets out a frightened squeal as his eyes go wide, staring at the girl on the end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“If we wanted to frighten them with thunder, then you might be useful.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I can see by the clench of Jason’s jaw how hard he’s struggling to control his movements to not frighten her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of mallards, feeding in the shallows across the river, took flight with frightened quacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had the lion been a real lion, of course, that would have been the end of that baboon, but it was really only a hare, and a frightened hare at that. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I leaned back, stunned and — though I’d never admit it to him — frightened by his reaction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Taisin’s body hummed with a jumble of emotions—awe at witnessing the child’s frightening transformation; terror that it was going to kill her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nearly blinded by the flying embers he had dashed water on his head and face, and his matted hair and begrimed skin added to his frightened looks made him seem like another person.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They returned them with frightening power and devastating aim. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She frightens me with her control and sureness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You think you can frighten me, don't you, Favell?” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Did you see someone—did someone frighten you—” “It was the lunatic,” Phoebe said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The cellar shook as the American tanks rolled past the house, and, as Henry saw the immense tanks, he realized for the first time how frightening German tanks must have appeared to the Russian people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she paused to think about it too closely, the significance of it all frightened her, and she would rather go blindly forward than dwell on what it all meant. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even so, the fire prompted insurance underwriters to take a closer look at the building, and what they saw frightened them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was oddly frightening to lie on the ground without a shelter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have looked comical, but he did not; the effect was frightening, and Harry could not blame Ogden for backing away several more paces before he spoke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the energy to be frightened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, the boy had always been frightened to death that he would be captured by Gypsies, and this childhood fear returned when the old woman took his hands in hers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman looked as frightened as if she already heard it rustling through the dead leaves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I have never enjoyed flying much, and while this was the most frightening episode I have ever had on a plane, I am sometimes adept at appearing brave and I pretended that I was unconcerned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened Francie into believing that hair grew on the faces of all nuns who entered the convent at a tender age. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frightened men responded by aim ing their rifles over the side of the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath a hatch waits a square hole out of which washes a damp, frightening smell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had turned toward his mother, whom the crash of the razor had startled and alarmed but not really frightened. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Get out of my house!” she yelled above his frightened wails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Very frightening. I can’t even imagine it. We really have to protect people from wrong choices.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As frightened as Moss was, he felt an affection for Javier fill him completely. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Punishment is frightening, and confinement, the modern punishment of choice, frightens in a particular way. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were surrounded by white men in suits speaking in frightened tones. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I looked at her sometimes, when I woke up in the morning, frightened her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But suddenly she got frightened in the dark and ran back home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My bait was gone, my hook was broken, and I was getting cold, frightened, and mad. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, lest he should have time to become frightened, he descended the steps and crossed the narrow street. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The Klan burned down homes and businesses belonging to its political rivals, and frightened many others into leaving the state. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And for a long time he held the egg in his hand, both frightened and astonished and unable to move, his eyes fixed upon the moon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here, so close, it is bigger, darker, more frightening than the thing I have seen faraway in the distance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a pity I frightened you so much. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down to rest on a broad, sloping ledge, but after a few minutes a deafening boom! frightened me back to my feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then we walked back through the tunnel, but it wasn’t so frightening this time because there was a policeman with me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing to be frightened of. He's the best when it comes to facial repairs, that's why I brought him in." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panic creased her face, and she looked more like a frightened old lady than a girl of ten. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There was nothing but determination and the strength in his paws to stop him from plunging down to a frightening death. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“To frighten away rabbits. If you like, I will carry a stick. If you like, I will not come at all. Theo has only to say the word.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The air’s thick and it’s dark and it’s heavy, but it’s not a frightening kind of thick and dark and heavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Ghosts are the least of it, boy. Night-ghasts, specters, apparitions—all they can do is say boo and frighten you.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It frightened me a bit, and I wondered if I shouldn’t hike to the library and reread the material on vitamins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me. Still, I suppose an escort might be in order." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thinking of spies and people going insane made everyone seem a little frightening. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had never noticed that before, and it frightened me a little to see it now. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was sensible and matter-of-fact, and yet he himself knew what it was to be frightened of something, he had said that he would not have gone inside Hang Wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

No one seemed as frightened as I felt. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I would sooner not tell you which. She was frightened and wanted help." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one,” began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This period was one of the most intense, frightening, and meaningful times of my life,” Patricia Ellsberg later said of the months leading up to the trial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then she who has such a happy name speaks to me in a despairing voice: “But, Ruthie, I have to admit, the world can be a frightening place sometimes.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, please don’t, I’d rather not,” she said, trying to withdraw her hand, and looking frightened in spite of her denial. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight he could see the frantic frightened eyes, and Kino aimed and fired between the eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the meanwhile frightens me, sir. The ancients placed love and war in the hands of closely related gods. That was no accident. That, sir, was a profound knowledge of man.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Humbug, who was too big to hide and too frightened to move, denied everything. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was frightened but Mother said I would be safe, so I went up to my room and closed the door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he and another person got their minds locked into a frightening thought—and who does not have one now and then?—they would mirror it back and forth until they died or went insane. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he found he wasn’t even frightened. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rabbits had been frightened by what had happened to Acorn and to the doe, and remained squatting miserably, half in and half out of the bilge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” he said, “stand still. Don’t move,” and he sounded frightened. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We are still one. But it was so painful, and we were so frightened...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment, in his face, I caught a glimpse of the boy he had once been, lost and frightened, his gaze hollowed out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He studied the frightened faces of the villagers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to give me the reward?” the child stammered, frightened to death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop frightening her at once, or I’m not reading you another word.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Uptight, frightened adversaries only a few hours before, now there was almost a mystical closeness and sense of companionship between them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I most certainly was not frightened,” Mrs. Grayson said, straightening her back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But she was quick, dodging bicycles, always with the pale-haired man just behind her—oh, he was frightening! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hadamar townspeople were frightened into silence, but as children played, they saw the hospital buses arrive with patients as frequently as twice a day, several times a week. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The plan had been a good one, but the storm and the frightening efficiency of the Efrafans had nearly defeated it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The iron lungs were used to frighten us, and as reasons why we couldn’t do things we wanted to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as she found herself jostled by their thick, sweat- smelling bodies, as she heard their muttered angry comments and their shouts, she found herself both frightened and annoyed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in our room except for the small light of the night over the town and the bat was not frightened but hunted in the room as though he had been outside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lest they be frightened out of their feathers, a garden separated the birds from the ogres. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doha choked a little on his words as he could feel the frightened tears he was so desperately suppressing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The presence of all the armed guards and warders so frightened her that she dropped the tray on my bed, spilling the tea, before rushing out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She looked at them with frightened eyes and saw one looking calmly, reassuringly back. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emperor, who sat facing south, must have been very frightened—peasants everywhere walking day and night toward the capital, toward Peiping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This shook Robert out of his funk and elicited yelps of frightened but ecstatic joy from Michael, who clung to Mom’s legs and watched the water pour by his nose in a wet torrent. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young knight fell to his knees a frightened boy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Making that decision frightened me as much as his violence ever did. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Returning to my own rented room seems too frightening, too lonely. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baboons were frightened when they saw what they thought was the lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not quite understanding it but frightened all the same. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to cry then, bawling out like a frightened child. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, though, there was no light left, and they were crawling upwards in total darkness, and Malcolm found himself beginning to get badly frightened. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We want to go outside, to find another village where people are easier to frighten. We don’t want this man’s spirit to chase us anymore.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With hard, frightening whacks he cut the cane into popsicle lengths before replacing the machete beside his father’s hammock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do they frighten you, child?” asked the kindly man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They'd come frightened and helpless, and her brother had taken them in when most lords would have closed their gates. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One day a frightening argument erupted between Rosa and the doctor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly clean and unoccupied now, except for the resident girls’ counselor, a frightening mummy of an old woman named Mrs. Singer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment I consider going back to Edgar Street, but I’m still too frightened by what I’ve heard and seen there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I can see a thousand Violas looking frightened of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But as natural as zero seems to us today, for ancient peoples zero was a foreign—and frightening—idea. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I feel frightened, too, for him,” she confessed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“May it not frighten her terribly? It is unusual to break into a lady’s room!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as he brought his arm back—well before he threw—the movement frightened them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One frightened person didn’t check other stations to verify the news because, she explained, the announcers said CBS “was the only one not destroyed.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The frightening thing was, I knew the gods would hold me to it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know whether Luthuli was bluffing or not, but his threat frightened me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frost giants and ogres, trolls and monsters of every kind, all were frightened of Thor’s hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The horn blaring right in your ear was frightening and you’d jump away in hurt amazement. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blow out your light and get lost in the black, or leave it bum and blow the whole place to flinders. That’s more frightening than any demon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was frightened—for the despairing man in front of him, for himself, and his family. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lay over the water and through the mountains, over a thousand miles, and every strange terrible mile was frightening. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could it have been hunger that made him desperate, or was he frightened by something in the night? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had a frightening time backing the automobile up the gangplank. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour after the lights went out, disdaining Mammachi’s frightened pleading, little Ammu crept back into the house through a ventilator to rescue her new gumboots that she loved more than anything else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to frighten you. I don’t like talking to people. It’s very—difficult for me.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

More people spilled out, dazed, confused, and frightened. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was on friendly terms—so far—with the spirit world, but she found its presence frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were just going to, Mother——” began Miss Annie in a frightened whisper. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was frightening to think of missing mass on Sunday, then dying, and for that one mortal sin to go to hell forever. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A desolate loneliness settled on me—almost a frightening loneliness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frightened villagers, who depended on one another to maintain the real, went to my aunt to show her a personal, physical representation of the break she had made in the “roundness.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did look frightened, but not of Mike. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was very frightened, but looking directly at Trademaster, he concentrated and willed himself to veer. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her defect, frightening and exotic as it was, was also a theatrical failure. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ucho glared back at the man, but his body showed that he was frightened. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

We made it about half a mile up the mountain, moving deliberately so as not to frighten the horses, winding our way through the wheat fields. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he stood up and kissed her goodbye, she wondered why he was not frightened by how little they had. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw thought that, in the end, it must have been his screaming that frightened it off, for he dared not move. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Flowever, the true atrocities, the most frightening, incorporate a perverse psychological twist designed to terrify the victim. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dewey envisions them: the captive family, meek and frightened but without any premonition of their destiny. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as small and frightened as she had in the hopper car, and she prayed they would get to Aunt Consuelo soon. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But these women, many of whom had no education and who were brought up to follow the dictates of their religious leaders, were frightened. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The maid scurried past Meggie again, looking frightened as if any contact might burn her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He was scarcely nineteen, Mordred. They had frightened him with prophecies, and he did what they made him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s first concern was to rush the frightened Deborah and Theresa up the stairs to their room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She not only went along with the game, but she felt sorry for him inside, thinking that he must have been very frightened to have conceived of that extravagant means of reconciliation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The howling wind flung itself at the house with a fury that frightened him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was not hurt or even frightened, but she was hugely disoriented. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take off the Cloak,” said Harry, and when she looked frightened, “Oh, come on, we don’t look like us and there’s no one around.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The woman, who was an inch or so shorter than she was, looked up into Gilly’s face with a sort of peculiar expression, whether frightened or hungry, Gilly couldn’t have said. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

That I knew he was frightened and furious and didn’t have the air to say so. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grown people looked away; children, those who were not frightened by her, laughed outright. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help thinking of the awful words sprayed on our mosque last year and how much they frightened me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"The Imp is trying to frighten us, sweet baby. The Lannisters are all liars. No one will hurt my sweet boy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Seen it? What do you mean? Hamlet, you frighten me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There were still questions about the wheel’s safety, and unfounded stories circulated about suicides and accidents, including one that alleged that a frightened pug had leaped to its death from one of the car’s windows. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the object that had frightened me half to death, standing right in the middle of the room, was the golden silhouette of a fetterling, poised to attack, with legends coiling around its chain body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to let him know how frightened she was. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some ways, these convicts were the most frightening to contemplate, for they demonstrated that badness could take hold of anyone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then the drowsiness, the frightening disorientation, the incoherent mumbling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I long to put my arms around the child, but I am afraid of her large, frightened eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Frequently in the past month the same grim-faced men had called upon Matthew Wood, but tonight the voices had a frightening quality. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not mean to frighten you,” I said, taking his hand between my palms and holding it gently to my cheek. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the girl was smaller than him that Scipio sounded a little less frightened. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later I heard Lily whisper to Mother in the kitchen that my cries frightened her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I was frightened as I looked down at the bandage on my knee from the last time I had walked those isolated corridors to gym class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that it was almost upon him, he wasn’t frightened, but he was ... eager, he decided. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are some days I still feel like the world is an awful, frightening place. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It frightens me how much I like it,” Celia finishes, turning her face back to his. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Consciousness came back quick and frightening to Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some people were frightened, especially when Hitler promised to defy the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not frightened,” Ash said, although she had been, just a little. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He relaxes a little, and I coax the memories from him like Pop used to with frightened patients. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had asked her once, and her answer was more frightening than the question. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange saying Fozia’s name in this estate, remembering how frightened she had looked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They seemed frightened and ill at ease, and somehow Jane and Michael realised that the two huge sisters were wishing that they were much smaller and less conspicuous. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why Professor Lupin’s frightened of crystal balls?” said Lavender thoughtfully. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ship was lightly crewed, and he was not frightened by what he saw. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know' what I did to Anna, how I frightened her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the two, the god and the hero, the Greeks were like a flock of frightened sheep driven by mountain lions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Bear arrived, a frightened, horrified look on his face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened that it was hard for me to breathe. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he’d trusted her with his life countless times, it felt much more frightening to trust her with this shame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lovely as they were to look at, the Sierras were frightening to think about, an icy barricade. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too frightened to go to her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were too frightened to discuss our possible destination. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At first I had tried to resist the diet, but my father’s severe looks frightened me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at something behind her, mouth pulled into a frightened grimace. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was the first time my Aunt Fannie Mae looked frightened. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And behind this person, standing in the doorway, were an assortment of people the children could not see but who promised to be just as frightening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Local farmers wanted to hang dead crows around the town on public buildings to frighten the others away; ornithologists said that it wouldn’t work, that the living crows would simply eat the dead ones. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A house down, here and there, frightened cattle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Poor old man, that rope of his broken by who knows what and him lost in the dark and frightened to death because of it. It’s too much. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Baby stared back at her with frightened eyes that were not yet dried of tears. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why not frighten them ? Creature, I could tell you things . He rolled his eyes up under the heavy lids and made a noise, “Glaagh.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Miss Bates’s voice, something was to be done in a hurry; the maid looked frightened and awkward; hoped she would be pleased to wait a moment, and then ushered her in too soon. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Fernanda was frightened because until then she had really not had a clear indication of the tremendous inner force of her singsong, but it was too late for any attempt at rectification. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I froze, too terrified even to scream, then realized that it was just some small animal that I had frightened—a fox, perhaps, or a rabbit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not meant to be frightening like Halloween,” says Carlos. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Guenever, who was not particularly good with hawks and had no special interest in them, was frightened by his frowning brow, and, because she was frightened, she became clumsy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never once angered or frightened Shin or undermined his recovery. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

This is how he likes to be when there’s thunder, the one thing that actually frightens him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And no doctor ever spoke to the frightened little black girl who trembled in the chair beside the dying woman. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could think again, and the thinking led to a heightened sensation of pain, if there could be such a thing, and a frightening realization, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She has been too frightened to carry out any strategy, but now a road is opening before her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He saw something else in the pictures that left him frightened and filled with awe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a frightening moment when two days ago she realized that the tundra was an ocean of grass on which she was circling around and around. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon did not understand why that should be or what it might mean, but it frightened him more than he could say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wondered about the details of the dangers, he identified himself with the suffering and enjoyment of his brother, he felt frightened and happy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But, in all seriousness, it’s...frightening but a bit nice. To do this on my own. I’ve not gotten to do that much, well, ever.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And there was the mysterious shadowy figure that loomed from nowhere, accidentally frightening Finn into stepping in one of Uncle Louvers traps. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had to admit that I had never heard atheism of so militant a nature; but the Communist speaker seemed to be amusing and frightening the people more than he was convincing them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who lived there had been happy before, but then wild animals had come and had begun to frighten them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She had frightening dreams in which something dangerous was lurking in the darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only then I had no idea how frightening it would be if I had shot someone or just scared someone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Felicia is spirited and unpredictable, and this frightens me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay back on the pillow, trembling a little and frightened over my own anger and hate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

You must, frightened though you may be, read on and see for yourself. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Hooper still thought it was all a game, he kept forgetting about the storm and how frightened he’d been, forgetting that they were lost, and why they had come here in the first place. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Most frightening of all, between March 1918 and the end of the year, eleven bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and in the homes of black families. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was nothing frightening about it, except the way I was frozen on the street. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I think she was frightened, but she frequently brought up her vexation with Mama Mwanza, who had spoken so matter-of-factly about having a strong husband at home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who was never anxious, never tortured by doubt and indecision, someone who never stood as I did, hopeful, eager, frightened, tearing at bitten nails, uncertain which way to go, what star to follow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed from the barn, we heard the muffled and frightened moo of the cow, the frantic squealing of pigs, and the rustle and cackle of hens and roosters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was just rolling over to get out of bed when suddenly Teresa let out a frightening scream. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Instantly, he was frightened; he stopped a moment, staring blankly down the street, wondering what could justify such hysterical haste. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan so that I could touch his fingers, but I didn’t because I was frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The crew, while losing little love for their captain, become frightened for their Daddy. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough my insides squeezed in and stretched out like a monkey grinder’s accordion—no need to let anyone know how frightened I was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was surprised by the young man’s twisted face, but not frightened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, out it came, and away ran Polly, frightened to death, and scrambled up on Aunt’s chair, calling out, ‘Catch her! Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat curled like a frightened child on the edge of the bed, her hand on his back, waiting for the storm to pass over. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As HeLa grew like crabgrass in laboratories around the world, a virologist named Chester Southam had a frightening thought: What if Henrietta’s cancer cells could infect the scientists working on them? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The lions saw the spear and ran off into the bush, leaving the two frightened boys in the cage. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The Wart thought particularly of a man named Wat, whose name the cottagers used to frighten their children with. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alarmed, they sprang to their feet and looked out the window to see frightened people running in the streets. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he joined the rest of us in our small, sad clump, where we stood, very, very frightened. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam stared at him suspiciously: he seemed frightened or excited. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly a little frightened at the disparaging way I had uttered the word pilpul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was in that summer, the summer of their twelfth year, the summer of the beautiful black boys, that they became skittish, frightened and bold—all at the same time. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom let out a frightened noise and whispered, “What are they doing?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor James, on the other hand, was still very much alive, and all at once he found himself alone and frightened in a vast unfriendly world. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of death and bombs frightened me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have awakened in the night being slightly unwell & felt so much afraid though my reason was laughing & told me there was nothing, & tried to seize hold of objects to be frightened at.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione kept looking at him sideways, as though frightened he might collapse again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

What had frightened Burnham, at first, was the apparent insubstantiality of the design. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Why is it that the unknown is always so frightening? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Its actual appearance was frightening, and not merely the fact that he knew it to be himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I left them, hoping that they would become used to me soon—otherwise, I thought, all the creatures of Gombe would be frightened. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

So he may be up to his old Weedy tricks, too frightened to really spy for us. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And then the monk did something very frightening indeed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I refused to allow myself to be frightened. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had never been so frightened in his life. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He felt a frightening sense of kinship with it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Do not be frightened to share your secrets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Under normal circumstances, Asta would have flown down at once to talk to the dæmon, from politeness, even though she was frightening and ugly, but these circumstances weren’t normal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The empty house frightened her, and she nearly fainted when the landlord’s parrot spoke to her in the dark. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had soft brown hair and small frightened eyes and a strained smile on his tight thin lips. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It thrilled and frightened him, the thought that he would see Anulika in a few hours, that he would finally go home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Birth was loud and messy and frightening, and it felt to Antain as if it took a lifetime or more, though in truth they were only at it for the better part of the morning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Outside, there were shouts of "Fire!" in the yard, screams, running footsteps, the whinny of frightened horses, and the frantic barking of the castle dogs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring my cot in here. Then you can call me if you’re frightened. You can reach out and touch me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looks frightened, but not as frightened as I thought he would be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You’d better collect a few more like that: then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver. You might have poked the lendri’s eye out for us, if you’d only known.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biting alcohol burned in her throat and she felt the stirring in her that frightened her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You’re left with nothing - the empty nothing I told Salim about, which is frightening and lonely, but simple and clear. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not only the size of these redwoods but their strangeness that frightens them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not want to frighten them away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The women listened to the wind as it roared in the chimneys, to the ripping sounds of torn thatch, and to the whimpering of frightened children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Skirting a small lake, they had stared to see a great gray fisher bird that stabbed and paddled in the sedge, until a flight of wild duck had frightened them away with their clamor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most people have forgotten me entirely, or remember me wrongly as a witch, not a Which. But it matters not, it matters not,” she went on unhappily, “for they are equally frightened of both.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first he thought it might have been some kind of animal, and it frightened him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Confused and frightened, she didn’t know what to think. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a frightening quiet before he said, “You should not be here.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“She was ... she frightened me at first,” Ash said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was more frightening was the unknown: the occasional corpse hanging on the gate without an explanation, the swift kick by the blokova for no reason. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That frightened him more than he could say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

However, if he was frightening or impressing fellow Slytherins with displays of Parseltongue in their common room, no hint of it reached the staff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I saw my frightened cousins obediently practicing their first brush strokes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

What mattered was that the massacres frightened and united the Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was scared and frightened and terrified, all rolled into one. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath it all I was unsure and Fern was probably a little frightened. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You really frightened me, talking that way. Are you sure you’re all right?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was just as his friend had described it and the boy was very frightened. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The poor things were so frightened and so pretty, and he only had to stop being obstinate to save their lives.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she was frightened when she turned around. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never ceased to frighten her, this passion he brought to something she could not understand. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I told you, it makes me sick but it doesn’t frighten me,” she said, pleased, and turned to Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But two lines came between her eyebrows, and she had a frightening eye sometimes, which glittered like a diamond. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sped along at a pace that frightened her, but the thunder of their wheels on the hard road and the beat of their scudding feet made her exhilarated enough to ignore the discomfort. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of the Elephants lifted Uncle Andrew in its trunk and laid him at the Lion’s feet He was too frightened to move. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“No, Hlao-roo. We don’t want to frighten him. Three’s too many.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the gun to the frightened man’s head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were safely in their houses, however, celebrating with the daughter her luck at being saved from such a frightening husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Four frightened women need to talk, so that’s what we did until we heard a bang downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head and shot him a frightened look. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Why could she remember nothing but stories of frightened people when Capricorn looked at her? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The reports of Robert's sudden death and Ned's fall had frightened Catelyn more than she could say, but she would not let her son see her fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This was constructed on the snout principle, since it was found that if one had an ugly helmet it frightened the enemy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The looks on the faces of the adults told me they all were frightened. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next months, tens of thousands of frightened Jews departed for the outlying towns and villages from which many of them had so recently fled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to make his voice sound as coolly cruel as he felt; just as he tried to frighten her by stepping out suddenly from behind the tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still frightened of the hostility I sometimes felt emanating from him, and I was still tongue-tied whenever I pictured his perfect face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not nearly as frightening as I thought it would be—the change brings such tremendous improvements to daily living that the additional danger’s nothing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But Aurelia sat up at once and said, “No, he didn’t mean to frighten me. Leave him.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about that. He is frightened of an ant.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And I said, “I’m going to live with you because Father killed Wellington with a garden fork and I’m.frightened of him.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, lots of fun,” I reply, to be polite, even though I am frightened by the siren’s mournful wail. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Only when he asks for their boots do their faces change: they shake their head, look up or look down, roll their eyes like frightened horses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We are not children trying to frighten one another,” he said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was no longer allowing hecklers’ behavior to frighten me into acting a certain way. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times he made frightening gestures with his tongue, lips, hands, and body. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They then hauled him into night court while the rest of us followed, frightened and angry. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s acting too frightening to love, and her lies are another rejection, but she’s in an impossible bind she can’t fake her way out of. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was not in the least frightened, or excited, or curious If anyone had asked him “Where did you come from?’’ he would probably have said, “I’ve always been here.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She was a little frightened by his skull-like face and his continual trembling. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am. I’m quite used to frightening things. And you’re really not so bad looking.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty dreamed of vague, frightening things connected to pain, and his body was tense even as he slept. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked frightened that the wand might sting or bite her as she picked it up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now, faced with the reality of him, and of the silver ring on his finger, she was frightened of becoming used to him, of drowning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Afraid of being carried off, is she? I hope you never said how big me member is, Jon Snow, that’d frighten any woman. I always wanted me one with a mustache.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tens and fifties of them were flung into the gunny sacks, and the sacks filled with tired, frightened, and disillusioned frogs, with dripping, whimpering frogs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary was so frightened that she could not move. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad things were, he couldn’t allow himself to be frightened. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were meant for this—to hunt and to kill—and there was a frightening beauty in their sharp golden eyes and powerful jaws. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But now all the singing and talking stopped, replaced with frightened whispers running from the front line toward the back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if they hadn’t been so frightened. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As before, the bullets ring hollow and hit nothing, but we’re not any less frightened. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was quiet in an ominous way; it was quiet in the way of small, frightening sounds. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It had frightened him when Mr. Otis had said, ‘Some will give their lives,’ and looked straight at Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the changing cityscape frightened me, but after the first several blocks, I looked at the buildings in dazed awe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, signorino. No, no. He was so frightened of an Austrian. Ho ho ho.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His face was lit with eagerness, and that’s what frightened me most of all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lyra was reminded, as she always was when she saw him again, of how much he frightened her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I saw what it was, I got frightened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had spoken to the Mountain of Gont, calming it, and had stilled the trembling precipices of the Overfell as one soothes a frightened beast. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he scampered away from the fire as if frightened, then came back again, sniffing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When it is light, the openness of the sea is blind­ing and frightening. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like going blind, even,” said Lyra, frightened, “because it’s not that we can’t see things, it’s like the things themselves are fading...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As they went through the doors, the people on either side drew away as though they were frightened of catching something. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

That whole morning and afternoon I lay in the bed and thought about my eye and became more and more frightened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She remained on the gravel for a minute or two, not quite frightened enough to turn back, nor confident enough to go on. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was frightening and as I sat there I sensed another frightening world of possibilities. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am sorry, Ned. I never meant to frighten the girl. It seemed best to bring her here and get the business done with quickly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to speak, but a quick glance at her husband brought a frightened look to her eyes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Voodoo was silly, I knew, but it was also frightening. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood nailed to the spot, frightened and incredulous and ignorant of what I should do next. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering and frightened and full of pain as he and Lyra were, they had more authority than the whole mass of the dead put together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I folded myself into as small a ball as I could and pulled the quilt over my head to drown out the frightening sound. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tristas staggers up from where I left him, his face lit with frightening intensity as he finds me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh darling, I am so frightened. I'm shaking all over. Feel me." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I peek under the bed and catch a glimpse of Mrs. Bessermann’s mussed hair and frightened eyes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dad got a frightened look when he saw it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be an accident of course and later on in the afternoon, when I came back from my walk, I should find Frith white and frightened waiting for me with a message. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened him that he slept well at nights, that he was still calmed by the scent of orange leaves and the turquoise stillness of the sea, that he was sentient. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Something has frightened them,” said the old man, scratching his mustache. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And one of the people was Father and I was frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were all so frightened and nervous that I directed them to go to the dining-room and have each a glass of wine. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They called each other names—opportunist, cynic, pessimist—and I found myself frightened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The slow ceiling fan sliced the thick, frightened air into an unending spiral that spun slowly to the floor like the peeled skin of an endless potato. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, you guys? I’m worried. Tater’s telling me he hasn’t been this frightened since a time when a jellyfish almost attacked him on the beach.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you trying to frighten me, you miserable little lump of chattering chickweed?” cried Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as though there were not enough evil, O-lan was again with child, and her milk dried up, and the frightened house was filled with the sound of a child continually crying for food. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then they lay quiet, panting, listening to Robert's frightened snivels. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I remember that when one rat was being tagged, she looked at it and said, “Poor little thing, he’s frightened. Look how he’s trembling.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tucking his sacred Yearbook into his robes, he ran first left, then right, as if he couldn’t decide which frightened crowd he wanted to join. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He, Inigo, frightened of beasts and crawlers and anything that stung, had brought them down the Zoo unharmed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If the boy thinks that he can frighten me, he is mistaken,” they heard Lord Janos say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This close, it was clear this particular Time Suck wasn’t as large as the one that had frightened them at Mr. Archie’s store. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The strength of it frightened him, but it was a clean fear such as one might have before a magnificent force of nature—a volcano, for example. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At home, the big security lights washed out the stars, but here they stared down at him with an intensity that was almost frightening. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could have made fun of her instead of feeling frightened himself. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw realized that it was frightened, even more than he had been. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not what you think—” “Goddammit. I told you, Carter,” Old Cob burst out with the sort of frightened anger only relatives and close friends can muster. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hmpf,” he said, looking away quickly as though frightened of hurting his eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m an idiot. Just something frightened me for a minute.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible sound, a frightening sound, yet there was music in it too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There Beth’s voice gave way, and clinging to her sister, she cried so despairingly that Jo was frightened. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next one, in 1921, was less frightening but still worrisome. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Under the bed they found a bundle that contained the costumes Nana had used to frighten Clara in her years of silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

How frightened she and my dad would be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“All right, Ben,” he said quietly, “Mr. de Winter wants to give you some cigarettes. There’s nothing to be frightened of.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I wanted to say something, I'm too frightened. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Violet said, “It was frightening for all of us.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, and with a violence that frightened me, he leaned down and banged his forehead on the steering wheel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seeing the awful end to Mr. Harvey’s life frightened me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And because her family frightened and embarrassed him, he took her away to the north, and it was black and lost where he went—somewhere on the borders of Oregon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened of Ucho, and to fear someone is to give him power over you, the power to silence your voice and cause you to hide your face from the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But she took my hand as though I were a frightened toddler and led me toward it, bringing the tube along. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“What does he want?” a girl whispered in a frightened voice. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they lived them with a fervor that was frightening. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sneaking through Balekin’s house had been less frightening than some revels. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of her brave deed and fighting words, she was frightened. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was the feathers in Georgie’s hair,” Lissa said, “and the war paint. He jumped out of the bushes screaming and yelling. I guess he was trying to frighten us.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was such a disappointment that it was frightening. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the same time I was frightening my grandmother, Hugh and his family were packing their belongings for a move to Somalia. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had, were definitely gone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The parched days and sticky nights are undistinguished in my mind, but the storms, the violent sudden storms, both frightened and quenched me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon the Klan evolved into a multistate terrorist organization designed to frighten and kill emancipated slaves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was a bloody, brain-splattered mess of a killing, a spectacle that sickened and frightened Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw in her look pity, and something more frightening—a look of kinship. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed from what she had told me that this was what was frightening her so, driving her away from the plantation, causing her to lash out at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I admit I was too frightened to speak, so I gave him the okay sign instead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The door squealed open and it was broad day, sunlight like a knife in the eyes, bright and frightening. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The best Yummy could do for Pollard was chase his hopelessly beaten mounts down the grandstand rail, hollering and frightening spectators. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there came another jerk, so sudden that it threw them all to the floor again, and the basket began to sink with frightening speed, spinning all the while. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt so much frightened that he could no longer collect his wits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trusted Timothy, and kept telling myself that he wouldn’t harm me, but it was the whole mysterious jumbi thing that was frightening. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sensed that, once he let it out, he’d never be able to keep it locked up again, and that frightened him to his core. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Someone, who from his crouching position, was even more frightened than I. It was Ben. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dolores’s voice softened as the ferret curled into a frightened, hairy ball and sniffled a sad sort of sniffle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I drew my hand away, frightened at touching such an awful thing inside her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I found the idea of Baba clobbering a thief both exhilarating and terribly frightening. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind. Please don’t worry about offending me, or frightening me, or whichever. That’s the way you think. I can understand, or I can try to at least. Just explain however you can.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had tried to put it out of his mind afterward, any thoughts of the day it had happened, because it frightened him so and made him have a secret, which he did not want. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was frightening to think that any “fit” German citizen could one day become “unfit,” or too unproductive to live. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The battle site looks much less frightening in the daylight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The story about Natalie had been frightening, but the idea of Joaquin being yanked out of his home, of being hospitalized, of hurting—it was almost too much to bear. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His hands were clammy, and he found himself comparing his mother’s frightened, weak squeeze to his father’s iron-hard grip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes again, she gave a slight, frightened smile. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, “just to keep people frightened.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t any more frightened than I was; we scared each other to death over a rabbit.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

This thought put him in mind of childhood fevers, their wild and frightening logic, the search for the cool corner of the pillow, and his mother’s hand upon his brow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her face was calm and kindly, not beautiful, not pretty, but the very sort of face you would be glad to see if you were ill or unhappy or frightened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

South of the Wall, the boy from the crannogs had seemed to be wise beyond his years, but up here he was as lost and frightened as the rest of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It frightened him—the face was cut and bleeding, swollen and lumpy, the hair all matted, and on his forehead a cut had healed but left the hair stuck with blood and scab. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she wished—so hard it frightened her—that she had never gone to get Mo and Dustfinger had stayed outside until the rain washed him away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let our dog frighten you. We just got home from church services ourselves. Please come and sit a spell.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see he wants you to take him? He’s frightened.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened me to see our number dwindling. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I gave it to him, and my mom opened the door, I got one last long look at his frightened face over my mom’s shoulder. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reagan portrayed the criminal as “a staring face—a face that belongs to a frightening reality of our time: the face of the human predator.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The smoke and the soldiers had frightened them away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just confusing and upsetting—it could be frightening, too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I slunk away, frightened of I know not what. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl did not look at the howling crowd but from the side the whites of her eyes showed like those of a frightened fawn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Reb Saunders became ill, and at the same time my father also took to his bed with the flu, a severe case that bordered on pneumonia for a while and frightened me terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The country frightened slave owners; it did not change their views. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Stop now,” scolded the woman in the boat, “you’ve frightened her. She thinks we’re brigands who are going to sell her for a slave.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered why she had ever been so frightened of birds. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Let me suggest that instead of worrying and frightening these new ones, who have just come and are weary and confused, let us wait and see what the meeting decides. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was both frightened and excited when the white neighbors who lived across the street invited me for dinner. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, coming through the muddy field, Mrs Helena Kingshaw said, 'Now, when Charles was a very small boy he used to be a little bit frightened. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He could not bear to see his hands grow again and he was frightened of the voice in the apple-green suit. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, so as not to frighten anyone, she made a quiet rumble in the back of her throat that was half purr, half growl. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He lay on his bed fully clothed and fell asleep at once, his dreams tense and crowded, his mother’s unhappy, frightened face always there just out of reach. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Dudley was frightened enough to accept the Order’s help, his parents would accompany him: There could be no question of being separated from their Diddykins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stopped, frightened by the sound of my own voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If we were standing together in the dungeon, we would hear these sounds and we would be very frightened; we would cling to each other in our fear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He must have felt disappointed, but he said it calmly, as before; he did not sound frightened. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care how frightened she’d been, or how upset she was.— it was like she wasn’t even human!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Old women on Fair Isle still frightened their grandchildren with tales of Lord Dagon and his men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Boos and jeers erupted as Sticky was dragged from the room, casting one last frightened glance back at Reynie before disappearing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sound rouses them instantly, their hearts hammering as if from the same frightening dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought she was sleeping,” Bitter whispered, her voice thick with frightened tears. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened me terribly, more afterward when I thought about it than at the time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If we find the contents offensive or frightening, we are not obliged to reply. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those ghosts, frightening though they were, were nothing compared to what circled Taisin now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With his mocking, hostile attitude, Trueba managed to frighten off this man who had survived a concentration camp, overcome poverty and exile, and triumphed in the ruthless world of commerce. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s frightening to have a choice like this in front of me, a choice that changes all future choices. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now that she could see him properly, she was frightened of the boy almost more than the bear: he had a horrible wound: two of his fingers were missing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I have never once entered Forest. There was no need, of course. And it always seemed frightening somehow.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Chacho spoke lightly too, but Matt suspected he was just as frightened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something had frightened the baboon over the treacherous rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sad and frightening journey, and when they arrived they had been afraid he might already be dead. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna stared at him, suddenly frightened at how frightened he looked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was never frightened of her; he never actually believed that she would succeed in killing him, or that she really wanted to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They worked diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground, and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Out on the grounds, someone is splitting wood, and Werner listens to the ringing of the sledgehammer against the wedge and the quick, frightened breaths of the boys all around him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she was frightened mixing with all those people who didn't want her there. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For half a heartbeat it eluded him, and that frightened him so badly that he tripped on the steep dungeon steps and tore his breeches open on the stone, drawing blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her hands trembled and her heartbeat quickened, for she was frightened, not so much of the wolves, who were shy and many harpoon-shots away, but because of her desperate predicament. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened Bran more than he could say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was gay and frightened about the visit to Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The aspirin costs half my wages, which is frightening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He always calls for our mother when he’s frightened. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too amazed and frightened to speak, all the animals crowded through the door to watch the chase. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The booming drums and clashing cymbals frightened Fern, and she clung to me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sound of the truck roaring to life frightened me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He groped and ripped out his belt to beat the frightened horse to an awkward run over the stony, rutted wheel track. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so frightened of birds,” she said suddenly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pathogenicity may be something of a disadvantage for most microbes, carrying lethal risks more frightening to them than to us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise they make frightens away a young okapi. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was puzzled and frightened by this transformation but at the same time enthralled by it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My father began to cough again, the deep, dry, racking cough that shook his frail body and frightened me terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

SS guards, as frightening as the officer who had recently grunted me into the Schindler group, stood sentry at the entrance. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands trembled and made the lantern bob, casting wild shadows on the ground, but she pressed on and tried to ignore the frightened voice in her head that told her to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, he had had them frightened at first. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were as frightened of the Caucasians as Caucasians were of us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that meant all the time, really. Then they finally gave up because they realized that my reading didn’t exactly improve when they frightened me. On the contrary. Take Flatnose, for instance.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It makes me sick, but it doesn’t frighten me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will wanted to turn and denounce them, but Lyra held his arm; they were unhappy and frightened, she said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, Sunny was very frightened and began crying immediately, too scared to even try to bite the hand that held her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Four frightened people were barricaded in until morning. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It came in the form of a personal telegram, a frightening event. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment she was too frightened to move. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was surprised by the cool comfort of the water, so that at first I was not frightened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They heard us playing, and it changed their path,” she said, contrite, as if she felt responsible for whatever had frightened her. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was physically revolted by and secretly frightened of those round moronic eyes, the pancake face, and orangeworms hair. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who frightened off every person I thought might try to hurt you or prevent you from winning the tournament? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Later, walking home through a silent forest with no frightening sounds from the thick bushes on either side of the path, Kira wondered what human would have stalked her, and why. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice threateningly, which from a five year old didn't sound frightening at all. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I would sooner face any number of swords than sit helpless like this, pretending to enjoy the company of this flock of frightened hens." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alan peers at me over Baba’s shoulder, eyes wide and frightened. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai was frightened by this sudden lack of memory, but his exhaustion would not let him dwell on it long. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, feeling more angry than frightened, Stella, with strong, sure strokes, slowly made her way to the bank of the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A handsome man, a traveling preacher with a wide, white smile, seemed cruel and frightening in the same flickering glow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They waited nearly twenty minutes in the cold room and the silence was frightening. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them to catch me and beat me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a prop on which I leaned had been roughly kicked away, and I felt frightened and refused to believe him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called my wife over and they sat together, frightened. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Vera looked at him, she saw a man standing in the dock—a young man with fair hair and blue eyes and a bewildered frightened face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She glared at me, and I realized I was more frightened of Belet than this guy, so I held out the royal seal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Had I been conscious of the full extent to which I was pushing against the current of my environment, I would have been frightened altogether out of my attempts at writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That has always been frightening, for I have always felt that he would guess I might come, and wait there to trap me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was shaking, he had told Obinze, his hands trembling for a long time, a little frightened by his own feelings. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hugs me real hard and I can feel my chest start to press again and I’m so confused and frightened and angry. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the roads there were people, and they frightened the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes, wide and frightened, as if at one word from me he would turn and run deep into the dimension of the mirrored world. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I said arrogantly; his tough talk no longer frightened me, and he knew it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute she had returned, a frightened little girl. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His sister-in-law was still distraught over the loss of her children, and grew even more agitated when they passed a wagon loaded with frightened children. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were so frightened that they didn’t want to let go of us, but we pushed them along anyway, up to the next guys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women and sons and uncle, he forgot them all, and he rushed among the frightened villagers, and he shouted at them, “Now for our good land we will fight these enemies from the skies!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But the truly frightening thing was the emaciation of his body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As a frightened bird caught inside a house startles one person after another, the news stirs up the servants and nuns alike. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the boldness of the capital letters more than the words that frightened her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

People were really frightened of what the white community would do to them, because the ruling was making white people extremely angry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The loose monkey was very frightened and the soldiers were very frightened. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually he became critical of himself again: the great warrior, frightened of the dark like a baby churchmouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Wart found that, although he was frightened of the danger of the forest before it happened, once he was in it he was not frightened any more. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed obvious to him that the reason the top players wouldn’t meet him was because, on some level, they were frightened of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But no one came, and her shrieking only frightened Aziza, who began to cry again, a weak, croaking sound. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

No doubt the words frightened her even more than my wild looks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“We’re taking that literally. The simulation will teach you to control your emotions in the midst of a frightening situation.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And his appointment of Andrew Young as U.N. ambassador brought tremendous joy and hope to blacks and infuriated and frightened the government and its supporters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just an accident, Mrs. Gordon. He was frightened the first time. But don’t blame him or punish him. I wouldn’t want him to connect punishment with coming here.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had to hurry; my mom was waiting for me, frightened, depending on me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She hadn't dreamed of how frightening those wolves were. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer wanted to press again, but the half-man had become too frightening. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened him for a second, but almost at once he could feel that he was rushing upward. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

To Stella, their father’s face, etched with worry in the lamp-lit room, was more frightening than any ghosts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But Mami was too proud to ask them for more than they volunteered, and we were all developing the same stubborn pride, behind which our frightened selves hid, pretending everything was all right. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dany looked away from the coupling, frightened when she realized what was happening, but a second warrior stepped forward, and a third, and soon there was no way to avert her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He hoped his English sounded like Olanna’s; he hoped, too, that his affectation would frighten this soldier into not asking him any more questions. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even the scuttle of a lizard frightened my entire being. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was sick to his stomach, but worse than that his body was trembling in a frightening way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why did he look so frightened, so worried? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Because Father killed Wellington, who is a dog, and I was frightened of him.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the wheel did not ring out, for Encanis was truly frightened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But of all the things I’m afraid of, there’s nothing that frightens me so much as the likelihood—the near certainty—that Julie is a prisoner of the Ormaie Gestapo. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Across the city, a building collapsed in a great gout of fire and smoke, and she heard distant screams and the wailing of frightened children. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To the frightened group in front of him he yelled, “Get in the wagon—and be quick about it!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no profit in frightening the islanders or making an enemy of their sorcerer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As she considered this, she became a bit frightened. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, it was frightening that he’d heard Baba’s voice so far away from the jungle, but worse still, the old woman had known it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing to be frightened about, nne. You will have fun at the stadium,” Aunty Ifeoma said, and I turned to stare blankly at her, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Master Owens here was frightening some children who doubtless deserved it,” Amabella was explaining. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I recall being frightened one night when I thought I saw someone lurking in the bushes; although I investigated, I found nothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We repeat so often we lose count, propelled by Mother’s wild eyes and pressed mouth, frightened of what her expression would be if... Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even a dynamite blast on day twenty-two did not frighten her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Timothy was not purposely trying to frighten me about the violence of the storm; he was just being honest He had good reason to be frightened himself. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a heady and frightening prospect to be the king of all destinies. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The young rainbow knight stared at this madwoman with pale and frightened eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you really as brave as you sound, or are you a little frightened? The truth, please. This is for posterity, remember.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lying under my blankets one night, I realized I was frightened to fall asleep. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She spoke very calmly and so I was not frightened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was really pleased when he was indicted by a stern and frightened jury. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there was a ghost down here, he felt sure, it could be only a sad, pale creature, nothing to be frightened of. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They’re pushing you too fast. You’re confused. You want to be an adult, but there’s still a little boy inside you. Alone and frightened.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ginny jumped up as though her chair had just been electrified, gave Percy a fleeting, frightened look, and scampered away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But when a shrieking wind pierced the sky, bursting it into darkness, she grew frightened. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A story about how humans are frightened of death. If surviving was as simple as hiding under the Invisibility Cloak, we’d have everything we need already!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The brand had transformed his face into something frightening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Alice was not frightened of her now as she had been in January and as she was in February, the first time she let her in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I won’t frighten them if you don’t want me to.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wings were twice as tall is she was, and—she glanced back, frightened now, over her shoulder as she fled—they had powerful legs: no wonder they had moved so fast on the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps we were all so frightened that we simply imagined it.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he flung himself off because he was ashamed that he was angry at her and angry because she would not be angry in return but only was frightened. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

His voice was frightening and his words ripped through my body. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The old men stole frightened glances at each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment her eyes met John’s eyes, and John was frightened. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was amazed at her courage, and frightened of her sassiness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His soul is prob-ably still out there somewhere—floating in the darkness, looking for hope, hoping for forgiveness, and terribly, terribly frightened. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His frightening appearance would for the first time become useful for him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had not been so frightened, she might even have been pretty, though the tip of her nose was black with frostbite. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She thought about Mrs. Murdo, who might already have seen the posters, and who would be frightened if guards came looking for Lina and terrified if Lina didn’t come home by nightfall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But here she could smell a larger body of water—something huge and foreign and frightening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Esteban Trueba arrived home, he went straight in to take a bath; he was covered with sweat and dust and saturated with the unmistakable odor of frightened beasts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the match flared up, Ash saw Clara looking frightened and uneasy. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa could not bear the sight of him, he frightened her so, yet she had been raised in all the ways of courtesy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Just as long as my family doesn’t get hurt, I’m not frightened for myself.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her chamber, Buttercup heard it, and it frightened her, but she had not the least idea what it was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was much more frightening than any hippo. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was a bit frightened of this place now. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was hideously frightened of the empty yard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Searching for what?” asked Bronwyn, but the answer was obvious and frightening and no one wanted to say it aloud. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her skin was leathery, her teeth decayed, her hair faded and colorless, and her look frightened. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I call, looking down for what has frightened him. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though he could not explain this to Lillian or his children because he thought it would frighten them, he wanted to tell them this someday: that pilots are killed in the blink of an eye. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I knew — if I knew — I could do nothing about my frightening secret. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to frighten the child into not scratching it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was more frightened than he had ever been in his life, he could not help but think of his sister. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I visited her once or twice, but it was a bit—well—frightening. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the moment, she was more frightened by her mother’s behavior than by dead people. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve come across a few at dinner, one family making home movies and the dentist across the way working on a frightened old lady. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mayinga could feel her heart going blubbery inside her chest as Ebola worked its way through her heart, and it frightened her unspeakably. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu ignored her mother’s drawn, frightened face that appeared at the window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him as he picked up the frightened bird. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I slipped under the covers next to her, the way Caroline and I had come to her and Papa when our dreams had frightened us. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I look at the gun, trying to appear less frightened of it than I am. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The sea was empty; there was not even a sail on it We suddenly became frightened and ran home to the Scharloo section where we lived. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of his flight was over the dark sea, but it didn’t frighten him because he knew he could not fall. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never seen so many people in one place, nor people so strange and frightening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tired, hungry still, and frightened, she stroked the scrap of cloth in her pocket, and waited for the next round of accusations. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word Germans was something to be frightened of. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And next day had seen the effigies they had hung, the Tory fences they had torn down or windows broken, and heard that Royal Commissioner So-and-So had been frightened out of Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doha clasped his shaking hands tightly, still badly frightened and angered by the encounter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But this time, it’s one of the most frightening things I’ve ever done. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Enrique also knows he is less likely to frighten people if he begs alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The commander is talking: Do not be frightened! Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand then what I realize now: Papa was frightened that fingers would someday point in his direction. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I sat where I was, watching him, feeling frightened, and suddenly very much aware of my knife, of how quickly I could reach it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they were in his head, the possible answers were quite frightening. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We had nothing to hide, nothing of which to be frightened. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A startled silence was followed by frightened cries and aleluyas and the rustle of everyone rushing to get up from their seats and out of the plane as soon as possible. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And you hold on to that, because no matter how frightening that is, it’s better than the alternative. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The nation slid imperceptibly toward war, frightened and at the same time attracted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she burst in, frightened and upset, her mother had no idea what was wrong. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Lumley’s jaw quivers in a frightening way when we sing this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked and frightened to see her flout Father’s authority, but truthfully, I could feel something similar moving around in my own heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head like a frightened rabbit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only then did I realize how frightened I had been. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shrieked at her then, and she came running, her face frightened at the wildness in my voice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Martian invasion continued, they became more frightened. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then there was the additional frightening possibility that this virus near Washington was not Ebola Zaire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind wandered while Lily, as usual, recounted a lengthy dream, this one a frightening one in which she had, against the rules, been riding her mother’s bicycle and been caught by the Security Guards. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of this group, 107 were chosen because they admitted being frightened. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say it without feeling a little frightened, though. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me,’ wrote Pascal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Angry shouts filled the air, and then he saw a frightened Sunjin and his mother step out into the street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He felt a garrulousness coming on him and he was frightened at the impulse. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The high officers frightened him, Jon knew, the Old Bear most of all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The beam of my flashlight caught for a frightening moment the waters of the Bay, which the wind had whipped into a fury. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell stared into the eyes of the frightened feline, and something clicked. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She cast a frightened glance back from the doorway and mouthed the words I'm sorry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They frequently give us pain when re-making our beds, and then are so frightened that they hurt us still more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newcomers had been shipped directly to processing, a change in routine that frightened even the long-termers. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nately beamed in frightened surprise as they padded into the ward in their slippers and robes behind Nurse Cramer and were assigned to their beds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You were always such a nervous child, you used to be frightened of the dark when you were a little boy, I had to leave a lamp on, beside your bed.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He spoke softly, like he was talking to a frightened animal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His anger was always more frightening in his broken English. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But when she looked at the Lion she didn’t feel quite so sure it was a dream, yet for some reason she did not appear to be very frightened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Luke was there, which made me happy, but they kept him downstairs with another baby while I had to sleep upstairs in a room with a slanted ceiling that frightened me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They looked very small and frightened, but one strode bravely forward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then I knew that it wasn’t a joke, and I was really frightened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me—I won’t be angry or anything, just so I can know that—maybe it was only a joke? To frighten me?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, I wasn’t as frightened as I probably should have been. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was frightened for every minute of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried, persistently but in vain, to reach out for his love and understanding, and each time he reciprocated by becoming more distant and inscrutable, more morose and frightening to me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel knew his son’s quality and felt the potential of violence, and it frightened him, for Samuel had no violence—even when he hit Adam Trask with his fist he had no violence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why not leave well enough alone? That is, it’ll never work. I wouldn’t take a chance. In other words, let’s keep things as they are—changes are so frightening.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened and was beginning to feel dizzy and nauseated. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But it was the man’s eyes that made him frightening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m not afraid—it was more frightening in that shack than it is on the road, with moonlight all around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

With a frightened glance over his shoulder, he faded away, leaving Ophie with nothing but questions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was so much empty space all around her that she felt small and frightened, and glad that Pa and Ma were there. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me want to shout at her, at my own mother, and that frightened me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I must look really frightened, because the grin fades. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever you do, don’t do anything that hurts or frightens the animal you are interested in. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though it hurt her to be away for so long, she was too frightened to return. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But I haven’t,” says the unchallenged lord of all and everything, in sport disguised as a frightened human child. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Off in the trees, the distant scream of some frightened animal made him look up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs and knocked on the brown door after breakfast, I didn’t even feel frightened of the Matron. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so frightened I couldn’t even think of escape,” Larisa said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I will not be frightened or alone any more; I will call myself just Eleanor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And you have worse things to be frightened of, said the monster, but not as a question. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I think my balls are a shade of blue they could never put in a Crayola box. It would frighten the children with its hue of pain.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jonas was a little frightened at the thought that one day he would be the one to advise the ruling body. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That face of hers was the most frightful and frightening thing I have ever seen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

This alarm conveniently frightened away a fellow monkey who had just found a banana, leaving the liar all alone to steal the prize for itself. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened, and I don’t know why, because it never occurred to me—well, something like that just doesn’t. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was frightened of them in those days—probably as a result of my experience with the leopard and the wolfhound two years before. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth is tight, her face is frightened and angry at the same time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The weary, frightening journey began again, broken only by alarms. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morgan was like a small, steel robot, writhing to be let free, with a strength that frightened Ifemelu. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Trails can be laid and followed, antagonists frightened and confused, friends attracted and enchanted. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the screams were loud and frightened, more than I would have expected from a simple fall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the faces of the men before the mast were frightening to watch. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his fierce, frightened gaze on me I bespoke him: “Therem, my friend, there’s nothing to fear between us.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is not a frightening house, at least not what lies outside. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I held out my hand and was frightened by how much it shook. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was hard to be frightened of something that was straining to pop out its head like a cartoon. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The smallfolk said that a long summer meant an even longer winter, but the maester saw no reason to frighten the child with such tales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had found where his treasure was, and was frightened at what might happen. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had crawled under another bunk and huddled, too frightened to cry. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was something far worse here than dirt, a kind of frightening witches’ Sabbath. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own words frightened her, but she did not take them back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"The wild is no place for a cripple. And Rickon, young as he is, how long will he last out there? Nan, think how frightened he must be." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"I'm frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Armed conflict between communism and democracy was no longer a frightening possibility but a terrifying reality. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Forks High School had a frightening total of only three hundred and fifty-seven — now fifty-eight — students; there were more than seven hundred people in my junior class alone back home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The child looked at his mother’s frightened face and seemed to realize this was no time for foolishness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie turned to meet Mr. Curtain’s gaze, and saw in those silvery lenses the reflection of his own uncertain, frightened face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I go with them to the grocery, they are boggled and frightened and secretly scornful, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too frightened by their words to sleep, I lay awake that night listening to the unfamiliar sounds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, let them know. Let white people know. Like the Mafia or the Klan; frighten them into behaving.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned against the dining-room wall and smiled at her girls, and her smile frightened them even more, for it was like the frame for a scream. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, confused and frightened, and let Aunt Queen soothe him with one of her warm, soft hugs until he was able to speak. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blinded and very frightened—I had to put my hand on the glass to keep my balance. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She was more frightened than she dared admit, even to herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Was it the tick of the great clock that sounded so frightening, or her own heart? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Nhamo was frightened to go back to the hill by herself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiger had the same half smile as Kajal, which made the man more frightening to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know what I was going to say to him, but I was not frightened. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Later my brother David told me the frightening rumors: Those deported were not being sent to the countryside, but to their deaths. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Help them?” the office manager asked in a frightened voice. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she might get frightened and come home. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was so strong and brave, then why on earth was he frightened of her? The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

We were frightened, and kept touching our heads. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother let her in quickly, looking frightened as she fumbled at the latches to lock out Pee-A-Nah. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened by the thought of being away from home for the first time in my life, but I was also trying to find courage. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had frightened me more than suddenly being folded into the flow of that crowd of white students as they moved toward the auditorium. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He jumped down into that railroad ditch and took off like a frightened rabbit.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There went the frightened, snorting cattle, stampeding through the trees with their tails in the air like it was heel-fly time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still it’s frightening to realize that my fate is in the hands of men who are not the giants I once thought them to be, men who don’t know all the answers. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Such distress upset and frightened him, but it also strengthened his conviction that Philadelphia had brought it all on itself. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Because the Church people in my world, right, they’re frightened of Dust because they think it’s original sin. So it’s very important. And my father...No,” she said passionately, and stamped her foot. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the fields and hedges and rivers they went, and after a while a frightening thought came into Sophie’s head. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found veering tiring, painful, and a little frightening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alex noted that a few of the boys looked concerned, even frightened. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She needed information from Matt and it would make him wary to know she was frightened. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout Europe, industrial capitalism, coupled with military force on a frightening scale, loomed ominously. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And Siobhan asked if I was frightened about going home, and I said I wasn’t. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He untied the ropes of two cows, but the frightened animals did not move. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I found it frightening, invigorating, daunting, and exhilarating all at the same time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment’s awkward silence, during which Ranofer struggled without much success against the familiar frightened loneliness that had swept in again as through an opened door. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I squared my shoulders, trying not to show how frightened and timid I really felt. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was not frightened of him, not physically. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He made a prediction about my future that frightened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The really frightening thing about Olaf, she realized, was that he was very smart after all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Abbey to know how frightened I was, or how much danger we were in. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Samuel had no equal for soothing hysteria and bringing quiet to a frightened child. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past year things had gotten more and more frightening. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I get frightened myself when I think of close friends who are now at the mercy of the crudest monsters ever to stalk the earth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He knew he’d been frightened, but his fear was a distant thing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Deydey solemnly produced the pieces of shirt that his daughters had used to frighten off the birds that day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And then shots began outside and I was so frightened, I fell to the floor, dropping the bowl.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened, because I had, in effect, been summoned into a royal presence. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened to hear them talking to me that way and to see their drawn and sad faces, and I knew things would be different from now on. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He backed slowly away, his eyes frightened and his throat dry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” Horace moaned, “enough talk of smashing loops and stabbing hearts. You’ll frighten the little ones!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to see them to know that I had frightened them badly, because they never again dared to lay a hand on me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voyage past the last edges of the universe is frightening and impossible but sometimes astonishing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lyra was in no doubt what he meant “No,” she said in a voice as frail and frightened as she felt. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The mother-to-be was frightened and defiant and also very thin from the starvation diet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And worse, a husder could never afford to have it demonstrated that he could be bluffed, that he could be frightened by a threat, that he lacked nerve. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, dazed and frightened, to find the dark, hooded figure of Falconer crouching over me like some rough beast over its prey. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the main door of the castle, Yellin heard it, and it also frightened him, though he couldn’t imagine what it was either. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was frightened and wanted to run back home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now it came to her how alone, how frightened she was; she had never been so frightened in her life before. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Taylor tried to laugh and only succeeded in looking frightened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie’s hands remained at his sides; he was too frightened to defend himself. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl, frightened and perplexed, could hardly muster a shake of the head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Count’s mysterious warning frightened me at the time; it frightens me more now when I think of it, for in future he has a fearful hold upon me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Imagining the girl frightened and trembling somewhere up ahead, I talked to her as I went along, doing my best to reassure her that I meant no harm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And for a moment he looked so frightening that I couldn’t help but believe it — I couldn’t imagine someone brave enough to cross him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yellin had heard many things in his life, but nothing quite so eerie as this: he was a brave man, but this sound frightened him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was something she had never seen on Odenigbo’s face, something precious and frightened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not because she was absurd, or repulsive, or because we were frightened, but because we had failed her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that he had been frightened, as I had been. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed with a sheen of anger that frightened me more than a little. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The frightened mouse dived back underneath the stairs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She decided to go left, toward a part of the jungle she had yet to see, promising herself that if it got too frightening, she would turn back. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you remember how frightening it was. Did you also suffer mental confusion in the aftermath?” asks Beetee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I shivered, imagining only too clearly what he described — the alley at night, the frightened girl, the dark man behind her. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Odysseus was frightened, for on one foot was a scar made in boyhood days by a wild boar he had hunted, and he thought she would recognize it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the beautiful bursts of light across the harbor, the roar of the cannons giving the men an excuse to put their arms around their frightened sweethearts!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That frightened me because I knew if he used the gun to shoot that white man, the Klan and the police would come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing to give you that good old frightened feeling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois had come over, and the expression on her face made me more frightened. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m trying not to think of her injuries, of how frightened she must have been when she saw it coming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I was impatient and frightened as Jessica and I entered the cafeteria. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It felt heavy, too big for me, yet if I made the wrong move, I was afraid it would tear, exposing the slight, frightened child inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Until then, she had been alone and frightened. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She claims that she won and then became frightened. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Jupiter might be upset, maybe even frightened. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You always try to frighten people. Now she is at howling more than before.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The well sucked her sleep, but the notion of leaving frightened her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went from being a tired woman to looking downright frightening. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If he meant for them to surprise and frighten us, his plan worked. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When frightened or restless, they fly to the end of the leash, drop to the ground, and tear the earth with their talons. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explained how she and Marshall happened to be in the alley, but the other questions she couldn’t answer and it frightened her to try. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ripped through the still, early morning like something spilled across a clean floor—a squealing—something frightened, something desperate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever my eyes turned they saw stricken, frightened black faces trying vainly to cope with a civilization that they did not understand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So why, she wondered, was she more frightened now than then? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry to frighten you. I needed to restrain you, for I did not relish a fight.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Howard found him there, nursing a frightening cough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s the look in his eyes—angry yet unfocused—that frightens me the most. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He may have reasoned that if I was encamped in the store and saw him coming, I might be frightened, and might try to drive him away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her father's hands clutched at hers, fluttering like two frightened white birds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her brother hurt her sometimes, when she woke the dragon, but he did not frighten her the way this man frightened her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It frightens me to think of myself so vulnerable. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t what lay at the end of her road that frightened Ammu as much as the nature of the road itself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger showed no sign that he was frightened by these words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Although he was battered and badly frightened, he didn’t seem seriously injured. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sight was ugly enough to frighten the devil himself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rickon's big black wolf was so wild he even frightened Bran at times. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But somehow, for reasons she could never begin to explain, the man in black frightened her more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dimo was very frightened when this happened and he withdrew from the hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She knew her sister's character, the haughtiness of her spirit, and she was frightened by the virulence of her anger. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I mean, it was horrible, of course, painful and frightening, but . . . then there she was. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care that it’s not yet nine o’clock in the morning, I’m frightened and I don’t want to have to think. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cilia and Isannah were in the kitchen, too frightened to go near him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you were frightened because of all the people in the shop. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked frightened that he might curse her with her own wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In Kerala, they breathed a plume of excitement and fear into the already frightened air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took the cops and other frightened adults three hours to persuade him to put the gun down. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to my laboratory. I work here. Who are you?” she said, a little angry, a little frightened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks freakish but less frightening than he did last year when his color was crimson and he seemed to be bleeding. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she was possessed by an intoxicating—and frightening—sense of power. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, just for a moment, what almost frightening power had sounded in that cry from only a few hundred throats! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The King had looked at him closely, unable to see whether he was pleased or frightened or merely being polite. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not unpleasant or frightening; it was merely quietly insistent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When I was frightened, I used to be a mole.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There are no ovens, Chaya. Do not try to frighten us. We are frightened enough.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at me, at the carpetbag, with frightened eyes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I should frighten people? With my remarkable size. What if they flee in terror?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This way they do not have to go through the house and they will not frighten Mr. Pomodoro. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

These things frighten me, and I try to return to the deep to make sense of them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go up,” said Hermione with a frightened look at the same spot, and she led the way up the creaking stairs to the drawing room on the first floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t do anything else with the baby in her arms, and now Lyra was picking up her anger and seemed frightened. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And Will got more and more frightened himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, in a very real and frightening sense, pollution of the groundwater is pollution of water everywhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When called, Fred Gray’s student witnesses offered a very different story, of two police officers confronting a teenage girl with frightening force on a packed bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I had never seen her like this, and it frightened me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor little girl burst out crying, frightened by the terror in my voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been angry enough, frightened enough, humiliated enough to try. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No, she thought, you love some innocent maiden who lives only in your head, a frightened child in need of your protection. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We lay awake, too frightened to sleep or give in to our need for a bathroom. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

That was cold comfort, Serber reflected: “I had found the experience humiliating and frightening, and resented having been put through it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mollie, frightened, got up and went to the window and could see something burning in the distant sky, as if the sun had burst violently into the night. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And I had forgotten to remember where it was, and this was frightening because I was lost and because I do not forget things. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luna hadn’t been walking for long before she was very, very lost and very, very frightened. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I tried to find out what had frightened her, but saw nothing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It both frightened and saddened me to see Link among those hoodlums. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She followed him, uncomplaining, for there was no other choice, but she was pale and frightened. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, wanting to make the story more frightening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It frightened her, but she had never fled from something because she was afraid. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After her scolding I gave her a frightened look and saw that she too had tears in her eyes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of so much red frightened her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Warriors, spearwives, raiders, they are frightened of those woods, of shadows moving through the trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lina joined them, but they seemed so frantic that they frightened her a little. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Shetani’s murderous reputation was frightening enough, but it was the fact that the monster had evaded capture for so many years that set her on edge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That might be why he looked so frightened now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Osh was right: Even if I proved I wasn’t from Penikese, the other islanders might still treat me like I was a frightening oddity—for any number of reasons. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In one of the smaller claims, an Illinois man complained that his frightened wife had a nervous breakdown and was incapacitated for a month. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The cattle backed into the far left corner of the barrier; their eyes were wide and frightened, and some were pawing the mud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Near the stream was the bear bush, which had frightened their oldest son once, when he thought it was a bear crouching there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Bomb?” said Lyra, frightened; but then she said, “Roger—are you there?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boy he’d been talking to had been cocky, reckless, easily amused, but not frightening—not really. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With a frightened expression she reared back into her pillows and shouted, “Lefty!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He waits for me to say something, but I’m frightened of saying the wrong thing, so I stay silent. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart was frightened, but he was a brave mouse, even when he had a sore throat. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The grass crunched quietly, as if even the earth was frightened of where I was headed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry I frightened you,” he said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hated it because if you went into a shop or a restaurant or on a beach you couldn’t understand what anyone was saying, which was frightening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta had had no notion of what a great city would be like and it frightened him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

His knickers ballooned and his shrieks of frightened joy startled the birds and the fat grasshoppers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had certainly never heard of anything like it at the Academy, and her lack of knowledge frightened her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aravis felt Lasaraleen grip her arm—that sort of sudden grip which is almost a pinch and which means that the person who is gripping you is very frightened indeed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She had never seen a person with hair that color before, and he frightened as well as fascinated her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bel and the Serpent wasn’t so frightening, as it mainly featured the quick wits of Daniel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, I did not want to face it; it frightened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

However frightened my heart, when they look upon my face they must see only Drogo’s queen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was frightened as to what he would do to her, so she dared not fall again. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t what frightened Ekon; it was what followed after the creature's torso. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was so awestruck I was no longer frightened. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’d never announced it to a stranger before, and it made him feel happy and frightened all at once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I started noticing all these frightening things in Margaret’s house: creepy masks, old swords, books with titles like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Skull and the Hatchet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Now we call it Shiva, Krishna, Shakti, Ganesha; we can approach it with some understanding; we can discern certain attributes—loving, merciful, frightening—and we feel the gende pull of relationship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All I can tell you is that the Dust hunters are as frightened of it as if it were deadly poison. That is why they imprisoned Lord Asriel.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In Germany, the effects of Marburg virus on the brain were particularly frightening, and resembled the effects of rabies: the virus somehow damaged the central nervous system and could destroy the brain, as does rabies. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my brother accused Auntie of frightening our mother away, Auntie shouted that our mother had married a man named Wu Tsing who already had a wife, two concubines, and other bad children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At eleven years old, death is more unreal than frightening. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it frightened her, but she found quickly that she liked the heat and risk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Frantic and frightened, they couldn’t believe what was happening. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cholly, frightened, was about to take his hand away, but she held his wrist so he couldn’t move it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was frightened of telling his father what had happened, and so he went out into the hills to look for another bird which was exactly the same as the bird which had escaped. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then Florence realized how frightened she had been. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing attracted her attention except the music of the clocks, which she would look for every half hour with her frightened eyes as if she hoped to find it someplace in the air. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The thought frightened him, and he pushed it out of his head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Sarah was there chopping meat with that frightening speed and coordination of hers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey was frightened, with a fear that swelled up deep within her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny was the picture of barbaric power, geared for war from his poison tail tip to the frightening battle helmet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was something strange and extraordinary about her—something that was frightening and at the same time most exciting. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Like a coy, frightened bride who had been married off to a stranger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men at the door were frightening us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The more she touches me, the more frightened I become because I know I must never touch a girl. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A smell of hot blood came through the crack, a sickening smell that frightened him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino’s race, and frightened it too, so that the indigene came humbly to the door. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At first I wasn’t too frightened,” said Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pale but seemed more solemn than frightened. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not answer, but with a frightened glance at her father turned her back on the room and continued shifting the pots on the shelf behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Something about the inner tubes seemed to disturb her deeply, and she attacked them with frightening gusto. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Seven didn’t want to look like a giant baby, but the truth was, she was frightened of her own shadow right now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

What if Maria was too frightened to leave her apartment? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’d been too young to understand what a laugh like that could mean instead, and that had frightened him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He did not do his shopping that day and when he tried to explain to me what he had been trying to do in frightening me I would not listen or speak to him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One whirligig was meant to be a thunderstorm and it was so like one, black and gray, beautiful and frightening. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first days of the new year were frightening because without Minnijean we realized any one or all of us could be next. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m so frightened that none of them will ever come back out again that it leaves me sick. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z